Facts and Figures

Status: September 2010

Five parks, the Swiss National Park (since 1914), the UNESCO-biosphere Entlebuch (since 2008), the Regional Nature Park Thal and the Nature Discovery Park Zurich Sihlwald (since 2009) and also the Biosfera Val Müstair (since 2010) are in the operating phase. 15 further park projects have begun with the establishment and use the label "kandidate". A further 6 to 10 projects are in assessment.

2 parks and park projects fall into the category “national park”, 1 into the category “nature discovery parks” and the other 17 in the category “regional nature park”.