The Norwegian government is taking steps to protect more of Norway's nature than ever before by creating 10 new national parks.
The Norwegian government is taking steps to protect more of the country's nature than ever before with the creation of 10 new national parks and the expansion of eight more.
There are already 47 national parks in Norway but that number will rise to 57 in the years to come. Four new national parks will be created, while a further six landscape conservation areas will see their status upgraded to national park status. Designed to help protect nature and biodiversity, Norway's national parks are large areas with distinctive or important ecosystems. Many of them become
, but activities such as hiking and fishing are more strictly controlled within national park boundaries., Norway's minister of climate and the environment Sveinung Rotevatn said it's the “foremost quality mark” that can be given to Norwegian nature.The four completely new national parks are all in Western Norway: Hornelen in Bremanger, Masfjordfjella in Masfjorden and Alver, Øystesefjella in Kvam, Samnanger and Vaksdal, and the Sunnmøre Alps in Ørsta.
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