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)

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Nine new parks for Switzerland (2008).

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.