Gargano National Park

Parco Nazionale del Gargano
IUCN category II (national park)
Gargano coast near Vieste.
Nearest city	Foggia
Area	118,144 ha
Established	1991
Governing body	Ministero dell'Ambiente
http://www.parcogargano.it/web/gargano/guida

The Gargano National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale del Gargano) is a national park in the province of Foggia, southern Italy. Aside from the Mount Gargano promontory from which it takes its name, it includes also the Tremiti Islands archipelago and the Foresta Umbra, a large wood protected area established in 1977.

The National Park of Gargano is one of the few national protected areas efficiently contributing to the "un Bosco per Kyoto" enterprise, which in 2007 has involved several schools in the realization of projects for a social and responsible tourism. It is one of the most appreciated areas, unique for the decrease of fires and for the politics of environmental awareness.

External links

Official website (English)

National parks of Italy

National parks	Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise Alta Murgia Appennino Lucano - Val d'Agri - Lagonegrese Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Arcipelago di la Maddalena Arcipelago Toscano Asinara Aspromonte Cilento and Vallo di Diano Cinque Terre Circeo Dolomiti Bellunesi Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna Gargano Gennargentu Gran Paradiso Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga Isola di Pantelleria Majella Monti Sibillini Pollino Sila Stelvio Val Grande Vesuvius

Coordinates: 41°48′22″N 15°55′30″E / 41.80611°N 15.92500°E / 41.80611; 15.92500

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