There are now 47 national parks. The national parks, which currently cover 10% of Norway's surface area, will soon have ten new protected areas, the Ministry of Climate and Climate announced in a press release on 7 September. Environment. The government has thus entrusted the Norwegian Environment Agency with the task of launching the process to label four parks, all located in the west of the country: Sunnmørsalpane in the municipality of Ørsta, Hornelen in the municipality of Bremanger, Masfjordfjella in the municipalities of Alver and Masfjorden, and Øystesefjella in the municipalities of Kvam, Samnanger and Vaksdal. An approach that should take between three and four years.
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The fact that an area becomes a national park means that this region has very specific natural resources which must be taken care of for the future,
” explains Minister Sveinung Rotevatn.
In addition to the creation of these four parks, six natural spaces currently considered as landscape conservation areas will obtain national park status: Lyngsalpan, Sylan, Trollheimen, Ålfotbreeen, Oksøy-Ryvingen and Flekkefjord, and Listastrendene.
Protect biodiversity
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The loss of biodiversity due to development and human intervention is one of the greatest challenges in the world.
This is also the case in Norway, where man is encroaching more and more on nature
", underlines the minister who considers that the statute of national park constitutes"
the first quality label which can be brought to the natural environment. of the country
”.
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The Norwegian government has also announced the expansion of 8 of the 47 existing national parks. Among them, the Jostedalsbreen park, half of the surface of which is covered by the largest glacier in continental Europe; that of Femundsmarka, which is considered to be one of the largest wild and unspoiled areas in southern Scandinavia; or the Jotunheimen Park which is home to no less than 200 peaks exceeding 2000 meters in altitude. Something to satisfy the adventurers and amateurs of the Far North in search of vast protected areas.
