!!!Nationalparks

National Parks, sites of outstanding beauty or unique or rare areas 
which have been assigned to a high protection category. As well as 
protecting the ecosystem, they serve as recreational and educational 
areas for visitors. The passing of laws concerning national parks is 
within the competence of provincial legislation; however, the Federal 
Government contributes to the financing of the parks. National parks 
are subject to international criteria, international acknowledgement 
falls within the purview of the IUCN (International Union for 
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources).

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Existing natural parks:  Hohe Tauern National Park (Carinthia, 
Salzburg, Tyrol), , 1,788 km%%sup 2/%;  Neusiedler See -  
Seewinkel National Park, Burgenland, 95 km%%sup 2/%, westernmost 
steppe lake in Europe, large reed areas and salt lakes, since 1994 
international national park (altogether 222 km%%sup 2/%) with 
Hungary;  Donau-Auen National Park (Vienna, Lower Austria), 
93 km%%sup 2/%, since 1996. - Kalkalpen National Park (Upper 
Austria), 165 km %%sup 2/% since 1997, Thayatal National Park (Lower 
Austria), 13 %%sup 2/% since 2000, one of the most beautiful water gap 
valleys in Austria, directly on the border of the Czech Podyji 
National Park (63 %%sup 2/%). In preparation: Gesaeuse National Park 
(Styria).

!Literature
H. P. Graner, Oesterreichs Nationalparks, 1996.


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