Other organisations involved in protected landscape policy
While Natural England is the organisation responsible for designation of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and holds a range of statutory responsibilities for their existing and future management there are a number of other key organisations directly involved in designation management and/or taking a strategic overview of the designation system at England, United Kingdom, European and International scales.
View from Roseberry Topping
North York Moors National Park
© Tessa Bunney
A number of other key organisations are involved in direct management of protected landscape purposes management
England
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnerships – the websites for each of these can be accessed via the map on the AONB page.
National Park Authorities – also manage their own websites containing information on their work. They can be accessed via the map on the National Park page.
United Kingdom
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Association of National Park Authorities
Council for National Parks (CNP) - this website also includes links to each of the Friends of the National Park websites
South West Protected Landscapes Forum (SWPLF)
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
Europe
Europarc Federation (General)
Europarc Atlantic Isles section (covering the United Kingdom, Iceland and the Faroe Islands)
International
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) – and its Commission for Protected Areas (England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are recognised as IUCN Category V areas)
