Study on National Parks and Nature Reservation Areas in Europe

Abstract

This paper describes the approach developed in Europe for selection, establishment, size and system of national parks and protected areas, identifying and comparing the important features to each countries.
As the result: 1) Since the 1945 of post war, there had been real and unique progress in the establishment of national parks most countries except a few countries as Sweden and Spain etc. in Europe.
2) There were a few national parks on the whole for the densely populated and the high developed countries with limited choices except some countries in Europe.
3) But the other side, there had been many protected areas with small size and its system in every countries with the traditional activity of volunteer bodies.
4) It may be needed to the protected areas with small size and the conservation of wildlife in Japan.