The national parks of France : reference areas (version anglaise)

France is now home to nine flagship areas which set a global example. These areas serve to underline and highlight the exceptional quality of the country’s regions and landscapes, its desire to safeguard biodiversity and its commitment to ensuring... More

France is now home to nine flagship areas which set a global example. These areas serve to underline and highlight the exceptional quality of the country’s regions and landscapes, its desire to safeguard biodiversity and its commitment to ensuring sustainable development. These unique natural gems are France’s national parks with the extraordinary diversity they display: the mountain landscapes of Vanoise, Ecrins, Mercantour and the Pyrenees, the marine environment of Port-Cros, the highlands of Cévennes, the tropical setting of Guadeloupe, and the Amazonian forest of French Guiana and Réunion. At a time when the concept of nationhood is being reawakened in the French national consciousness, it is impossible to ignore that our landscape is just as important a part of this as our language and our history. This is because the educational pioneers of the French Republic taught us, showed us, and celebrated natural wonders such as the peaks of the Alps, Gavarnie, the Tar Less