European diploma for protected areas

Memorial stone for the award of the European diploma in the Siebengebirge

The European Diploma of Protected Areas is the Euro Council awarded honors . The Council of Europe, which was founded on May 5, 1949 , has been dealing with the areas of nature and environmental protection for over 40 years . This makes it an international organization that works across borders in the areas mentioned.

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The diploma was introduced in 1965 with Resolution (65) 6. At that time, it was determined that the diploma was valid for five years and that it could be re-awarded for a further five years. The diploma is awarded to natural or semi-natural areas that are of European importance. The diploma is intended to ensure biological, geological and scenic diversity. In 1999 the “European Nature Conservation Diploma for Protected Landscapes, Reserves and Natural Monuments” was renamed “European Diploma for Protected Areas”.

Award system

After receiving a new application for a diploma, the Natural Heritage Division will first check the suitability. If there is a European significance as well as a fundamental suitability, an examination and examination takes place on site. After the appraisal, an expert opinion prepared from it is presented to a group of experts who can award the diploma (usually in connection with conditions that must be met), reject it with justification or postpone the area and demand that certain criteria be met.

Areas that have been awarded the European Diploma for Protected Areas must submit an annual report on developments and current events. Every five years there is an appraisal by an expert who has to prepare a report on the area in which the diploma has already been awarded. Parts of this report can be, for example, new or changed conditions, recommendations or a non-renewal.

Areas with a nature conservation diploma

So far, a total of 73 areas or properties in 29 countries have been awarded the diploma.

No.	image	area	country	Year of award
1		High Fens nature reserve	Belgium	1966
2		Camargue Regional Natural Park	France	1966
3		Peak District National Park	United Kingdom	1966
4th		Natural monument Krimml waterfalls	Austria	1967
5		Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve	Germany	1967
6th		Muddus National Park	Sweden	1967
7th		Sarek and Padjelanta National Parks	Sweden	1967
8th		Swiss National Park	Switzerland	1967
9		Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park	Italy	1967
10		Nature reserve Wollmatinger Ried - Untersee - Gnadensee	Germany	1968
11		Boschplaat nature reserve	Netherlands	1970
12		Siebengebirge nature reserve	Germany	1971
13		German-Luxembourg nature park	Germany Luxembourg	1973
14th		Vanoise National Park	France	1976
15th		Kuşcenneti National Park	Turkey	1976
16		Weltenburger Enge nature reserve	Germany	1978
17th		White Mountains National Park ( Lefka Ori ) in Crete	Greece	1979
18th		Minsmere nature reserve	United Kingdom	1979
19th		National nature reserve Beinn Eighe	United Kingdom	1983
20th		Purbeck Heritage Coast	United Kingdom	1984
21st		Fair Isle Nature Reserve	United Kingdom	1985
22nd		Scandola nature reserve	France	1985
23		Sasso Fratino nature reserve	France	1985
24		Coto de Doñana National Park	Spain	1985
25th		Bavarian Forest National Park	Germany	1986
26th		Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park	Spain	1988
27		Store Mosse National Park	Sweden	1988
28		Bullerö and Långvisskär nature reserves	Sweden	1988
29		Montecristo	Italy	1988
30th		Wurzacher Ried nature reserve	Germany	1989
31		El Teide National Park	Spain	1989
32		Berchtesgaden National Park	Germany	1990
33		Écrins National Park	France	1990
34		Maremma Natural Park	Italy	1992
35		Selvagens Islands	Portugal	1992
36		Mercantour National Park	France	1993´
37		Maritime Alps Nature Park	Italy	1993
38		Wachau landscape protection area	Austria	1994
39		Oka National Biosphere Reserve	Russia	1994
40		Teberda nature reserve	Russia	1994
41		Ipolytarnóc Fossil Reserve	Hungary	1995
42		Szénás Hills Nature Reserve	Hungary	1995
43		Berezinsky State Reserve	Belarus	1995
44		Weerribben-Wieden National Park	Netherlands	1995
45		Seitseminen National Park	Finland	1996
46		Ekenäs Archipelago National Park	Finland	1996
47		Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park	Belarus	1997
48		Port-Cros National Park	France	1997
49		Carpathian Biosphere Reserve	Ukraine	1997
50		Poloniny National Park	Slovakia	1998
51		Bieszczady National Park	Poland	1998
52		Dobročský National Nature Reserve	Slovakia	1998
53		Kostomuksha Nature Reserve	Russia	1998
54		Central black earth nature reserve	Russia	1998
55		De Oostvaardersplassen nature development area	Netherlands	1999
56		Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area	Czech Republic	2000
57		Karlštejn National Nature Reserve	Czech Republic	2000
58		Podyji National Park	Czech Republic	2000
59		Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve	Romania	2000
60		Thayatal National Park	Austria	2003
61		Matsalu National Park	Estonia	2003
62		Volcanic phenomena on the Tihany peninsula	Hungary	2003
63		Triglav National Park	Slovenia	2004
64		Naardermeer nature reserve	Netherlands	2004
65		Parco naturale di Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli	Italy	2005
66		Gran Paradiso National Park	Italy	2006
67		Piatra Craiului National Park	Romania	2006
68		Retezat National Park	Romania	2008
69		Central Balkan National Park	Bulgaria	2009
70		Chosrow reservation	Armenia	2013
71		Burren	Ireland	2013
72		Desertas Nature Reserve	Portugal	2014
73		Vashlovani National Park	Georgia	2015

Web links

• EU website on the European Diploma for Protected Areas
• The Europe Prize Conseil (Conseil de l'Europe) ( Memento of March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )