Nature Parks
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Unesco Biosphere in Entlebuch, Lucerne Moor near Sörenberg. (swiss-image/Roland Gerth) -
Diemtigtal Regional Nature Park, Bern Diemtigtal with Spillgerten and Seehorn mountains. (imagepoint/Siegfried Eigstler) imagepoint -
Chasseral Regional Park, Bern/Neuchâtel Warm evening light on the Chasseral mountain range. (swiss-image/Christoph Schürpf) swiss-image -
Thunersee-Hohgant Nature Park, Bern View from the Niederhorn near Beatenberg over Lake Thun. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
Ela Park, Graubünden Frozen lake on the Ela Pass with views of the Piz d'Err. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone -
Gantrisch Regional Nature Park, Bern/Fribourg Snowshoeing in the Gantrisch region. (imagepoint/Raphael Forster) imagepoint -
Binntal Landscape Park, Valais Tulip fields in Grengiols. (landschaftspark-binntal.ch) -
Sihlwald Nature Park, Zurich Deadfall in Sihlwald. (stadt-zürich.ch) -
Müstair Valley Biosphere, Graubünden Eastern Switzerland. (biosfera.ch) -
Thal Regional Nature Park, Solothurn Thal district of the Jura Mountains. (naturparkthal.ch)
Nine new parks for Switzerland (2008).
This content was published on September 3, 2008 - 11:02
The government in 2008 approved applications for nine new regional nature parks. Combined with those from 2009, they will cover an area the size of canton Bern. A look at some of the regions highlighted last year.
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