Who owns the national parks?
National Parks are not publicly owned land (unlike in some other countries) but, like AONBs, are a designation which confers special protection upon land within it because of its landscape quality. Naturenet Northumberland NP National park faces court over holiday village plan (4/24/04) PROPERTY RIGHTS Countryside Rights Association Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Countryside Alliance Rights of Way 2000 European Landowners Organization (ELO) Friends of the Countryside Property Rights Foundation of America – Nationalization of Land A Wake-Up Call CONTROLLING THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE by Matt Ridley (PERC) see page 7 4/28/03 – EU farm subsidies reform can bring bigh change GERMANY Park management in Germany NPS SCANDINAVIA What is the future of Swedish national parks?
National Parks are not publicly owned land but, like AONBsPages marked with this symbol are exclusively written for Naturenet , are a designation which confers special protection upon land within it because of its landscape quality. This means that resources are available to promote and manage tourism within the area, special funds may be available to land owners, and that certain restrictions apply on many types of development. people live and work in national parks, there are towns and industrial areas. In the UK, National Parks are not wildernesses. This makes them different from national parks in most of the rest of the world. Despite this, many National Parks do have large areas which are accessible to the public, and National Parks sometimes negotiate such access agreements with landowners. The National TrustPages marked with this symbol are exclusively written for Naturenet , a private charity, owns about 12% of the Peak District National Park, the oldest National Park, and more
