Awarded Areas in Switzerland
Swiss National Park
The Swiss National Park is a high mountain nature reserve (altitude 1500 to 3174 m) situated mainly in the Lower Engadine Dolomites. It is fully protected against human onslaughts: from the day it was established, hunting and fishing were prohibited and forest exploration and grazing ceased. It shares a border with the Italian National Park Stilfser Joch.
Highlights
- 7th meeting of the Ad hoc Drafting Group of an Amending Protocol, 8-9 October (Strasbourg)
- 45th Anniversary of the Bern Convention, 19 September
- The Bern Convention adopts a Strategic Plan to 2030