These are the areas Almindingen on Bornholm, Stråsø between Herning and Holstebro and Tranum by Jammerbugt.
This is stated by the Ministry of the Environment in a press release.
– Thousands of animal and plant species are in danger of extinction in Denmark. Here, new nature national parks are part of the answer to reversing the decline.
– In the nature national parks we get a wilder nature, and the Danes get more exciting nature experiences, says Minister of the Environment Lea Wermelin (S).
Last year, the parties agreed to set aside DKK 888 million from 2021 to 2024 for greater biological diversity.
The money will be spent on more untouched forest, the establishment of nature parks and a strategy for the management of endangered species.
A total of 15 nature national parks will be established. It has already been agreed that two of them will be located in Gribskov in North Zealand and Fussingø in East Jutland.
At WWF World Wide Fund for Nature, senior biologist Thor Hjarsen calls it “the right way to go”.
– We are very enthusiastic about these three nature national parks, because they are located in some important nature and in areas that can become important nature and where you can restore nature.
– They also become very large in a Danish context, and it is important to create these large, cohesive nature areas.
In Almindingen, the area will be 1150 hectares, while for Stråsø it will be 3500 hectares and 2700 hectares for Tranum. In comparison, Fanø is approximately 6000 hectares.
– It makes good sense because it is the state’s land, so the costs to society are quite small, compared to if it were private natural land that one had to buy.
– In addition, all research-based recommendations and policy decisions in relation to the EU and the UN are set aside more space for nature and large areas. The best protection we can give wild species is to make large, contiguous areas available, says Thor Hjarsen.
He still has requirements for the upcoming nature national parks.
When S and SF in the election campaign promised 15 nature national parks on a total of 60,000 hectares, the next ten must be really ambitious in size.
The proposals must now pass two working groups, just as the Danish Nature Agency will enter into a dialogue with the relevant municipalities.
Later in the spring, the locations of the last nature national parks will be discussed.
Source: The Nordic Page