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[[File:Parques Nacionales de España 2017.png|thumb|300px|The fifteen current National Parks.]]
[[File:Parques Nacionales de España 2017.png|thumb|300px|The fifteen current National Parks.]]
The '''National Parks Autonomous Agency''' ('''OAPN''') is an agency of the Spanish [[Government of Spain|central government]] that manages the [[List of national parks of Spain|National Parks Network]] and the Spanish Biosphere Reserves Network, as well as mountains, farms and other patrimonial assets of its property. The agency was created in June 23, 1995 by the Agriculture Minister Luis María Atienza by merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1995-16115|title=Royal Decree 1055/1995, of June 23, which partially modifies the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
The '''National Parks Autonomous Agency''' ('''OAPN''') is an [[List of agencies in Spain|autonomous agency]] of the Spanish [[Government of Spain|central government]] that manages the [[List of national parks of Spain|National Parks Network]] and the Spanish Biosphere Reserves Network, as well as mountains, farms and other patrimonial assets of its property. The agency was created on June 23, 1995 by the Agriculture Minister [[Luis María Atienza]] by merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1995-16115|title=Royal Decree 1055/1995, of June 23, which partially modifies the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>


The OAPN is an agency of the Spanish [[Ministry for the Ecological Transition|Ecological Transition Department]]. The Minister and the Secretary of State for Environment act as President and Vice President of the agency, respectively although the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of the agency is the Director. The current director is Juan José Areces Maqueda, appointed on July 29, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efeverde.com/noticias/areces-director-parques-nacionales/|title=Juan José Areces, director del Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales|website=www.efeverde.com|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
The OAPN is an agency of the Spanish [[Ministry for the Ecological Transition|Ecological Transition Department]]. The Minister, the Secretary of State for Environment and the Director-General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification act as President, First Vice President and Second Vice President of the agency, respectively, although the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of the agency is the Director. The current director is Javier Pantoja Trigueros, appointed on April 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Desde el 1 de abril, Javier Pantoja asume las funciones de dirección del Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales |url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/va/ceneam/carpeta-informativa-del-ceneam/novedades/javier-pantoja-nuevo-director-oapn.html |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.miteco.gob.es |language=es}}</ref>


== Powers ==
== Powers ==
The National Parks Autonomous Agency is responsible for:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2018-9859|title=Royal Decree 864/2018, of July 13, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
The National Parks Autonomous Agency is responsible for:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2018-9859|title=Royal Decree 864/2018, of July 13, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>


* The formulation of the national policy regarding national parks.
* The formulation of the national policy regarding national parks.
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* The management of the mountains, farms and other assets assigned or their ownership.
* The management of the mountains, farms and other assets assigned or their ownership.
* The coordination and promotion of the [[Man and the Biosphere Programme]] of [[UNESCO]], as well as the promotion, coordination and support of the [[World Network of Biosphere Reserves|Biosphere Reserve Network]].
* The coordination and promotion of the [[Man and the Biosphere Programme]] of [[UNESCO]], as well as the promotion, coordination and support of the [[World Network of Biosphere Reserves|Biosphere Reserve Network]].
* The support to the [[Ministry for the Ecological Transition|Ecological Transition Department]]'s policies regarding [[biodiversity]], [[Conservation biology|conservation]] and [[Natural resource management|sustainable use of natural resources]], conservation of [[Wildlife conservation|fauna]], [[flora]], [[Habitat conservation|habitat]] and natural [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]] in the terrestrial and marine environment. In this sense, it has the same responsabilites in the Department's policies on education, information, awareness, training and public participation on environmental issues through the National Center for Environmental Education (CENEAM).
* The support to the [[Ministry for the Ecological Transition|Ecological Transition Department]]'s policies regarding [[biodiversity]], [[Conservation biology|conservation]] and [[Natural resource management|sustainable use of natural resources]], conservation of [[Wildlife conservation|fauna]], [[flora]], [[Habitat conservation|habitat]] and natural [[ecosystem]]s in the terrestrial and marine environment. In this sense, it has the same responsibilities in the Department's policies on education, information, awareness, training and public participation on environmental issues through the National Center for Environmental Education (CENEAM).
* The provision to the public of information and documentation services specialized in [[Protected area|protected areas]], [[nature conservation]], dissemination, communication and [[environmental education]].
* The provision to the public of information and documentation services specialized in [[protected area]]s, [[nature conservation]], dissemination, communication and [[environmental education]].
* The cooperation with public and private entities, both national (state, regional and local) and international, for the development of the previous functions.
* The cooperation with public and private entities, both national (state, regional and local) and international, for the development of the previous functions.


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[[File:Sant Maurici lake, Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Spain - Diliff.jpg|thumb|Sant Maurici Lake, [[Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park]].]]
[[File:Sant Maurici lake, Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Spain - Diliff.jpg|thumb|Sant Maurici Lake, [[Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park]].]]
[[File:Lanzarote Timanfaya Geysir.jpg|thumb|Water poured in a hole on top of the [[Timanfaya National Park|Timanfaya]] mountain, in [[Lanzarote]], comes back as a small [[Geysir]].]]
[[File:Lanzarote Timanfaya Geysir.jpg|thumb|Water poured in a hole on top of the [[Timanfaya National Park|Timanfaya]] mountain, in [[Lanzarote]], comes back as a small [[Geysir]].]]
The first National Parks Act was passed on December 8, 1916. This law was one of the very first in [[Europe]] dedicated to the [[protection of nature]] and it consisted in just three articles. The law, defined the national parks as "''those exceptionally picturesque, forested or rugged sites or places of the national territory, which the State consecrates, declaring them such, with the sole purpose of favoring their access through adequate means of communication, and respecting and to ensure that the natural beauty of its landscapes, the richness of its fauna and its flora and the geological and hydrological participles that they enclose are respected, thus avoiding with the greatest efficiency any act of destruction, deterioration or disfigurement by the hand of the man''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1916/343/A00575-00575.pdf|title=Spanish National Parks Act of December 7, 1916.|last=|first=|date=8 December 1916|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> The first two national parks to be created were the Covadonga Mountain National Park (current [[Picos de Europa National Park]]) and the Ordesa Valley National Park (currently named [[Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1918-4414|title=Royal Decree of August 16, 1918 creating the National Park of the Ordesa Valley or the Ava River and the Covadonga National Park.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>
The first National Parks Act was passed on December 8, 1916. This law was one of the first in [[Europe]] dedicated to the [[protection of nature]] and it consisted in just three articles. The law, defined the national parks as "''those exceptionally picturesque, forested or rugged sites or places of the national territory, which the State consecrates, declaring them such, with the sole purpose of favoring their access through adequate means of communication, and respecting and to ensure that the natural beauty of its landscapes, the richness of its fauna and its flora and the geological and hydrological participles that they enclose are respected, thus avoiding with the greatest efficiency any act of destruction, deterioration or disfigurement by the hand of the man''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1916/343/A00575-00575.pdf|title=Spanish National Parks Act of December 7, 1916.|last=|first=|date=8 December 1916|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> The first two national parks to be created were the Covadonga Mountain National Park (current [[Picos de Europa National Park]]) and the Ordesa Valley National Park (currently named [[Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1918-4414|title=Royal Decree of August 16, 1918 creating the National Park of the Ordesa Valley or the Ava River and the Covadonga National Park.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>


From 1918 to 1954, the National Parks Network was integrated by those two parks. In 1954, two places of the [[Canary Islands]] were granted with the rank of national parks, the [[Teide National Park]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1954-1459|title=Decree of January 22, 1954, creating the Teide National Park (Canary Islands).|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> and the [[Caldera de Taburiente National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1954-18708|title=Decree of October 6, 1954, creating the National Park of the "Caldera de Taburiente", in the island of La Palma, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> A year later, the [[Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park]] was created.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1955-15936|title=Decree of October 21, 1955 creating the "Parque Nacional de Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio", in the province of Lleida.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>
From 1918 to 1954, the National Parks Network was integrated by those two parks. In 1954, two places of the [[Canary Islands]] were granted with the rank of national parks, the [[Teide National Park]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1954-1459|title=Decree of January 22, 1954, creating the Teide National Park (Canary Islands).|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> and the [[Caldera de Taburiente National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1954-18708|title=Decree of October 6, 1954, creating the National Park of the "Caldera de Taburiente", in the island of La Palma, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> A year later, the [[Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park]] was created.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1955-15936|title=Decree of October 21, 1955 creating the "Parque Nacional de Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio", in the province of Lleida.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>


In 1957, a new Forestry Act was passed and it replaced the old Forestry Act of 1863 and also the National Parks Act of 1916. This new legislation also marks a substantial change in the legislative approach to environmental protection, according to which ecological factors begin to be more important when declaring new parks; in front of the merely historical and landscape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/151/A00362-00372.pdf|title=Forestry Act of 1957|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Years later, in 1969, [[Doñana National Park|Doñana]] is declared a National Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1969-1252|title=Decree of October 16, 1969, creating the National Park of Doñana.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> and, in 1973, the [[Tablas de Daimiel National Park|Tablas of Daimiel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1973-1066|title=Decree 1874/1973, of June 28, which declares National Park to the Tablas de Daimiel and creates a zone of integral reserve of water birds within it.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> A year later, a new national park is created in the Canary Islands, the [[Timanfaya National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1974-1520|title=Decree of August 9, 1974 creating the Timanfaya National Park, on the island of Lanzarote, in the province of Las Palmas.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>
In 1957, a new Forestry Act was passed and it replaced the old Forestry Act of 1863 and also the National Parks Act of 1916. This new legislation also marks a substantial change in the legislative approach to environmental protection, according to which ecological factors begin to be more important when declaring new parks; in front of the merely historical and landscape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1957/151/A00362-00372.pdf|title=Forestry Act of 1957|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Years later, in 1969, [[Doñana National Park|Doñana]] is declared a National Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1969-1252|title=Decree of October 16, 1969, creating the National Park of Doñana.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> and, in 1973, the [[Tablas de Daimiel National Park|Tablas of Daimiel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1973-1066|title=Decree 1874/1973, of June 28, which declares National Park to the Tablas de Daimiel and creates a zone of integral reserve of water birds within it.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> A year later, a new national park is created in the Canary Islands, the [[Timanfaya National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1974-1520|title=Decree of August 9, 1974 creating the Timanfaya National Park, on the island of Lanzarote, in the province of Las Palmas.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>


Other important year for the protection of the Spanish parks is 1975. The Protected Natural Spaces Act is passed which creates three new classifications of protected spaces —Integral Reserves of Scientific Interest, Natural Parks and Natural Parks of National Interest—, in addition to national parks. This law also brings with it the reclassification of several parks, with the notorious expansion of Doñana and Ordesa y Monte Perdido.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1975-9246|title=Protected Natural Spaces Act of 1975|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> In the beginning of the 80s, the [[Garajonay National Park]] is created, one of the best world representations of the [[Laurel forest|laurel]], relict vegetation of the [[Tertiary era|Tertiary Era]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1981-8599|title=Garajonay National Park Act of 1981|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>
Other important year for the protection of the Spanish parks is 1975. The Protected Natural Spaces Act is passed which creates three new classifications of protected spaces —Integral Reserves of Scientific Interest, Natural Parks and Natural Parks of National Interest—, in addition to national parks. This law also brings with it the reclassification of several parks, with the notorious expansion of Doñana and Ordesa y Monte Perdido.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1975-9246|title=Protected Natural Spaces Act of 1975|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> In the beginning of the 80s, the [[Garajonay National Park]] is created, one of the best world representations of the [[Laurel forest|laurel]], relict vegetation of the [[Tertiary era|Tertiary Era]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1981-8599|title=Garajonay National Park Act of 1981|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>


The Natural Spaces and Wild Flora and Fauna Conservation Act of 1989 gave a decisive push to the National Parks Network. This law officially creates the Network and it contained a clause where it is detailed which parks are part of it and their [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]]. Finally, the law also assumes the right of every person to environment. Following the principles established by this law, in 1991 the [[Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1991-10513|title=Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park Act of April 29, 1991.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> is created and in 1995 the Covadonga National Park is extended integrating all the [[limestone]] landscape, creating the [[Picos de Europa National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-12915|title=Picos de Europa National Park Act of May 30, 1995.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Months later, the [[Cabañeros National Park]] is created and integrated into the Network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-25204|title=Cabañeros National Park Act of November 20, 1995.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
The Natural Spaces and Wild Flora and Fauna Conservation Act of 1989 gave a decisive push to the National Parks Network. This law officially creates the Network and it contained a clause where it is detailed which parks are part of it and their [[ecosystem]]s. Finally, the law also assumes the right of every person to environment. Following the principles established by this law, in 1991 the [[Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1991-10513|title=Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park Act of April 29, 1991.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> is created and in 1995 the Covadonga National Park is extended integrating all the [[limestone]] landscape, creating the [[Picos de Europa National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-12915|title=Picos de Europa National Park Act of May 30, 1995.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Months later, the [[Cabañeros National Park]] is created and integrated into the Network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-25204|title=Cabañeros National Park Act of November 20, 1995.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>


During the following years after the approval of this law, there was discomfort among the regions because the law gave the exclusive power to the central government to manage the National Parks. Several regions —[[Andalusia]], [[Aragon|Aragón]], [[Balearic Islands]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Cantabria]], [[Castile and León]] and [[Catalonia]]— presented unconstitutionality appeals before the [[Constitutional Court of Spain|Constitutional Court]] against the law and other related regulations for this reason. In 1995, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the fifth additional provision of the law<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-T-1995-18444|title=Constitutional Court Judgment 102/1995 declaring the fifth additional provision of Law 4/1989 void.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and in 1997 the [[Spanish Parliament]] reformed the 1989 Act to establish a shared system of managing between the [[Government of Spain|central government]] and the [[Spanish regions|regions]]. In June 23, 1995, because of the devolution of powers to the regions, the Minister of Agriculture Luis María Atienza approved a royal decree merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA) to create the current OAPN.<ref name=":2" />
During the following years after the approval of this law, there was discomfort among the regions because the law gave the exclusive power to the central government to manage the National Parks. Several regions —[[Andalusia]], [[Aragon|Aragón]], [[Balearic Islands]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Cantabria]], [[Castile and León]] and [[Catalonia]]— presented unconstitutionality appeals before the [[Constitutional Court of Spain|Constitutional Court]] against the law and other related regulations for this reason. In 1995, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the fifth additional provision of the law<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-T-1995-18444|title=Constitutional Court Judgment 102/1995 declaring the fifth additional provision of Law 4/1989 void.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and in 1997 the [[Spanish Parliament]] reformed the 1989 Act to establish a shared system of managing between the [[Government of Spain|central government]] and the [[Spanish regions|regions]]. On June 23, 1995, because of the devolution of powers to the regions, the Minister of Agriculture Luis María Atienza approved a royal decree merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA) to create the current OAPN.<ref name=":2" />


In 1999 a new national park was created, this time the [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)|Sierra Nevada National Park]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1999-782|title=Sierra Nevada National Park Act of January 11, 1999.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and in 2002 the [[Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2002-12994|title=Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park Act of July 1, 2002.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
In 1999 a new national park was created, this time the [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)|Sierra Nevada National Park]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1999-782|title=Sierra Nevada National Park Act of January 11, 1999.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and in 2002 the [[Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2002-12994|title=Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park Act of July 1, 2002.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>


Another appeal of unconstitutionality is filed by the regions of Andalusia and Aragón against the 1998 Act. These two regions criticized the shared system. The Constitutional Court was forced to interpret the law and it established in 2004 that the shared system consisted on a day-to-day management by the regions (including the appointment of all the officials and the heads of the national parks) but this management must to be finance by the regional governments, and the superior supervision and coordination of the Network was granted to the central government by giving to it the authority to create or extend national parks and to establish the general guidelines of action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-T-2004-20437|title=Constitutional Court Judgment 194/2004.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
Another appeal of unconstitutionality is filed by the regions of Andalusia and Aragón against the 1998 Act. These two regions criticized the shared system. The Constitutional Court was forced to interpret the law and it established in 2004 that the shared system consisted on a day-to-day management by the regions (including the appointment of all the officials and the heads of the national parks) but this management must to be finance by the regional governments, and the superior supervision and coordination of the Network was granted to the central government by giving to it the authority to create or extend national parks and to establish the general guidelines of action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-T-2004-20437|title=Constitutional Court Judgment 194/2004.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>


In March 2007 the [[Monfragüe National Park]] was created<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-4461|title=Monfragüe National Park Act of March 2, 2007.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and, a month later, the National Parks Network Act was passed. The National Parks Network Act of 2007 assumed the interpretation of the Constitutional Court and it granted the supervisory power to the [[Ministry of Environment (Spain)|Department of Environment]], through its Autonomous Agency. The last national park to be created was the [[Guadarrama National Park|Sierra de Guadarrama National Park]] in June 25, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-6900|title=Sierra de Guadarrama National Park Act of June 23, 2013.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
In March 2007 the [[Monfragüe National Park]] was created<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-4461|title=Monfragüe National Park Act of March 2, 2007.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and, a month later, the National Parks Network Act was passed. The National Parks Network Act of 2007 assumed the interpretation of the Constitutional Court and it granted the supervisory power to the [[Ministry of Environment (Spain)|Department of Environment]], through its Autonomous Agency. The last national park to be created was the [[Guadarrama National Park|Sierra de Guadarrama National Park]] on June 25, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2013-6900|title=Sierra de Guadarrama National Park Act of June 23, 2013.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>


In December 3, 2014 it was approved the current National Parks Act. This law reinforces, for its singularity, the protection of those parks and it establish an improved coordination and support system with the central government. In this sense, the law established an emergency system against environmental disasters and it forbids activities such us sport and recreational fishing, sport and commercial hunting, logging for commercial purposes, as well as urbanization and building.
On December 3, 2014 it was approved the current National Parks Act. This law reinforces, for its singularity, the protection of those parks and it establish an improved coordination and support system with the central government. In this sense, the law established an emergency system against environmental disasters and it forbids activities such as sport and recreational fishing, sport and commercial hunting, logging for commercial purposes, as well as urbanization and building.

In June 2021, [[Spanish Parliament]] approved the Sierra de las Nieves National Park Act, a law that transformed the [[Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park]] into a national park.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Orellana|first=Jesús Sánchez|date=2021-06-23|title=La Sierra de las Nieves se convierte en el decimosexto parque nacional de España|url=https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2021-06-23/la-sierra-de-las-nieves-se-convierte-en-el-decimosexto-parque-nacional-de-espana.html|access-date=2021-06-24|website=EL PAÍS|language=es}}</ref>


==Directors==
==Directors==
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|July 19, 2018
|July 19, 2018
|September 23, 2020
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|María Jesús Rodríguez de Sancho
|September 23, 2020
|April 1, 2022
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|Javier Pantoja Trigueros
|April 1, 2022
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[[File:Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción (Chafarinas) en 1893.jpg|thumb|Church of la Purísima Concepción on the [[Isla de Isabel II|island of Isabel II]] ([[Chafarinas Islands|Chafarinas]]) in 1893.]]
[[File:Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción (Chafarinas) en 1893.jpg|thumb|Church of la Purísima Concepción on the [[Isla de Isabel II|island of Isabel II]] ([[Chafarinas Islands|Chafarinas]]) in 1893.]]
[[File:Palacio de las Marismillas de Doñana.jpg|thumb|The Palace of Las Marismillas, vacation palace of the [[Spanish Prime Minister]].]]
[[File:Palacio de las Marismillas de Doñana.jpg|thumb|The Palace of Las Marismillas, vacation palace of the [[Spanish Prime Minister]].]]
The National Parks Network (RPN) is a system established to protect and manage some Spanish Natural Heritage with the category of national park. The RPN is integrated by 15 national parks and all the staff and administrations that are part of it. The network encompasses approximately 1 million acres (4,050 km²). The largest national park is the [[Sierra Nevada National Park]] with 212,222 acres (858,8 km²) and it is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Natural Park, that is approx. 200,000 acres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/servtc5/ventana/mostrarFicha.do;jsessionid=82CBDEC4E7F40FA5353BCD6E7AA22D9B?idEspacio=7418|title=ESPACIO NATURAL SIERRA NEVADA - VENTANA DEL VISITANTE|website=www.juntadeandalucia.es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The smallest park is the Tablas de Daimiel National Park at 7,487 acres (30,3 km²).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastablasdedaimiel.com/el-parque_elparque_25.html|title=El parque :: Parque Nacional Tablas de Daimiel. Información, Actividades y Alojamientos.|website=www.lastablasdedaimiel.com|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
The National Parks Network (RPN) is a system established to protect and manage some Spanish Natural Heritage with the category of national park. The RPN is integrated by 16 national parks and all the staff and administrations that are part of it. The network encompasses approximately 1 million acres (4,450&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The largest national park is the [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)|Sierra Nevada National Park]] with 212,222 acres (858,8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) and it is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Natural Park, that is approx. 200,000 acres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/servtc5/ventana/mostrarFicha.do;jsessionid=82CBDEC4E7F40FA5353BCD6E7AA22D9B?idEspacio=7418|title=ESPACIO NATURAL SIERRA NEVADA - VENTANA DEL VISITANTE|website=www.juntadeandalucia.es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The smallest park is the Tablas de Daimiel National Park at 7,487 acres (30,3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastablasdedaimiel.com/el-parque_elparque_25.html|title=El parque :: Parque Nacional Tablas de Daimiel. Información, Actividades y Alojamientos.|website=www.lastablasdedaimiel.com|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>


In addition to the national parks, that are directly managed by the [[Autonomous Communities Administration|Spanish regional administrations]], the National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) administers other properties. The OAPN administers 18 properties that encompasses 247,105.40 acres (1,000 km² approx.). All these properties have in common the fact of being representative of some of the most emblematic landscapes and Iberian ecosystems. Most of these properties are owned by a public entity, although some of them are private (the Encomienda de Mudela is 99,97% private, [[La Graciosa]] is 7% private, New Place of Serradilla is 1,8% private).
In addition to the national parks, that are directly managed by the [[Autonomous Communities Administration|Spanish regional administrations]], the National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) administers other properties. The OAPN administers 18 properties that encompasses 247,105.40 acres (1,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> approx.). All these properties have in common the fact of being representative of some of the most emblematic landscapes and Iberian ecosystems. Most of these properties are owned by a public entity, although some of them are private (the Encomienda de Mudela is 99,97% private, [[La Graciosa]] is 7% private, New Place of Serradilla is 1,8% private).


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!colspan="4"|OAPN's properties<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/parques-nacionales-oapn/centros-fincas/|title=Centros y fincas adscritos al Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
!colspan="4"|OAPN's properties
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!Name
!Name
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| [[Province of Segovia|Segovia]]
| [[Province of Segovia|Segovia]]
| 26,253 acres
| 26,253 acres
| 106,3 km²
| 106,3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|[[Chafarinas Islands]]
|[[Chafarinas Islands]]
|None
|None
|1,263 acres
|1,263 acres
|5,1 km²
|5,1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Lugar Nuevo y Selladores-Contadero
|Lugar Nuevo y Selladores-Contadero
|[[Province of Jaén (Spain)|Jaén]]
|[[Province of Jaén (Spain)|Jaén]]
|48,678 acres
|48,678 acres
|197 km²
|197&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Quintos de Mora
|Quintos de Mora
|[[Province of Toledo|Toledo]]
|[[Province of Toledo|Toledo]]
|16,961 acres
|16,961 acres
|68.6 km²
|68.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Encomienda de Mudela
|Encomienda de Mudela
|[[Province of Ciudad Real|Ciudad Real]]
|[[Province of Ciudad Real|Ciudad Real]]
|42,737 acres
|42,737 acres
|173 km²
|173&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|[[La Graciosa]]
|[[La Graciosa]]
|[[Province of Las Palmas|Las Palmas]]
|[[Province of Las Palmas|Las Palmas]]
|6645 acres
|6645 acres
|26.9 km²
|26.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Río Guadarrama Nursery School
|Río Guadarrama Nursery School
|[[Province of Madrid|Madrid]]
|[[Province of Madrid|Madrid]]
|12 acres
|12 acres
|0,049 km²
|0,049&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|New Place of Serradilla
|New Place of Serradilla
|[[Province of Cáceres|Cáceres]]
|[[Province of Cáceres|Cáceres]]
|5,688 acres
|5,688 acres
|23 km²
|23&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Las Marismillas
|Las Marismillas
|[[Province of Huelva|Huelva]]
|[[Province of Huelva|Huelva]]
|25,417 acres
|25,417 acres
|102.8 km²
|102.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Dehesa de Cotillas
|Dehesa de Cotillas
|[[Province of Cuenca|Cuenca]]
|[[Province of Cuenca|Cuenca]]
|5,383 acres
|5,383 acres
|21.8 km²
|21.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Dehesa de San Juan
|Dehesa de San Juan
|[[Province of Granada|Granada]]
|[[Province of Granada|Granada]]
|9,590 acres
|9,590 acres
|38.8 km²
|38.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Zarza de Granadilla
|Zarza de Granadilla
|[[Province of Cáceres|Cáceres]]
|[[Province of Cáceres|Cáceres]]
|16,662 acres
|16,662 acres
|67.4 km²
|67.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Ribavellosa
|Ribavellosa
|[[Province of La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]
|[[Province of La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]
|495.45 acres
|495.45 acres
|2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|2 km²
|-
|-
|Alfurí de Dalt
|Alfurí de Dalt
|[[Balearic Islands|Menorca]]
|[[Balearic Islands|Menorca]]
|633 acres
|633 acres
|2.6 km²
|2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Cortijo de San Isidro
|Cortijo de San Isidro
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|[[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
|[[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
|1240 acres
|1240 acres
|5.02 km²
|5.02&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|Iserse y Graneritos
|Iserse y Graneritos
|[[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
|[[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
|3976 acres
|3976 acres
|16.09 km²
|16.09&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|-
|National Center for Environmental Education
|National Center for Environmental Education
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=== Visitors ===
=== Visitors ===
The National Parks Network reached the number of 10 million visitors in 2000 and 15 million in 2016. Currently, the Network receives over 15.5 million visits each year throughout the 15 parks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hosteltur.com/123742_parques-nacionales-recibieron-15-millones-visitantes-2016.html|title=Los Parques Nacionales recibieron más de 15 millones de visitantes en 2016 {{!}} Economía|last=Hosteltur|website=Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The most visited national park is the [[Teide National Park]] with 4.3 million visitors in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/canarias/abci-teide-pulveriza-nuevo-rercord-visitantes-201805040019_noticia.html|title=El Teide pulveriza un nuevo rércord de visitantes|date=2018-05-03|website=abc|language=es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> followed by the [[Guadarrama National Park|Sierra de Guadarrama National Park]] with 2.6 million, the [[Picos de Europa National Park]] with 2 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/visitantes-picos-europa-20171218171507-nt.html|title=De los dos millones de visitantes de Picos de Europa, 700.000 acceden por Fuente Dé|date=2017-12-18|website=El Diario Montañes|language=es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and the [[Timanfaya National Park|Timanfaya]] with around 1.7 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ocio.laprovincia.es/planes/noticias/nws-685971-timanfaya-teide-joyas-espana.html|title=Timanfaya y El Teide, las joyas de España|last=Provincia|first=La|website=ocio.laprovincia.es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The less visited national parks are the [[Cabañeros National Park]], the [[Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park]] and the [[Tablas de Daimiel National Park]], all of them with an average of 110,000 to 170,000 visitors.<ref name=VD>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/la-red/gestion/visitasppnn_tcm30-67283.pdf|title=Visitor data to the National Parks 1996-2017|last=|first=|date=|website=www.miteco.gob.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
The National Parks Network reached the number of 10 million visitors in 2000 and 15 million in 2016, with its peak in 2017. The last data, from 2019, shows that the Network received 14.5 million visitors throughout the 15 parks (since 2021 they are 16).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Red de Parques Nacionales: Visitantes |url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/la-red/gestion/visitantes.aspx |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.miteco.gob.es |language=es}}</ref> The most visited national park is the [[Teide National Park]] with 4.4 million visitors each year,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santana |first=María Rodríguez |date=2022-06-25 |title=Masificación, cambio climático y especies invasoras, las amenazas que urgen a la conservación del Parque Nacional del Teide |url=https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/tenerifeahora/masificacion-cambio-climatico-especies-invasoras-amenazas-urgen-conservacion-parque-nacional-teide_1_9110543.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=elDiario.es |language=es}}</ref> followed by the [[Guadarrama National Park|Sierra de Guadarrama National Park]] with 1.5 million, the [[Picos de Europa National Park]] with 1.7 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/visitantes-picos-europa-20171218171507-nt.html|title=De los dos millones de visitantes de Picos de Europa, 700.000 acceden por Fuente Dé|date=2017-12-18|website=El Diario Montañes|language=es|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> and the [[Timanfaya National Park|Timanfaya]] with around 1.6 million.<ref name=":5" /> The less visited national parks are the [[Cabañeros National Park]], the [[Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park]] and the [[Tablas de Daimiel National Park]], all of them with an average of 80,000 to 160,000 visitors.<ref name=":5" />


{{Vertical bar chart|1996|full_name=Visitors data to the National Parks 1996-2017
{{Vertical bar chart|1996|full_name=Visitors data to the National Parks 1996-2019 (millions)
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|note=Ref:<ref name=VD/>
|8.5|1998|9.08|2000|10.25|2002|9.7|2004|11.1|2006|10.7|2008|10.2|2010|9.6|2012|9.5|2014|13.7|2016|15.01|2017|15.51|2018|15.24|2019|14.48}}
|8.5
|1998|9.08|2000|10.25|2002|9.7|2004|11.1|2006|10.7|2008|10.2|2010|9.6|2012|9.5|2014|13.7|2016|15.01|2017|15.44}}


=== Infrastructure and others ===
=== Infrastructure and others ===
The national parks have, in general, all the necessary and sufficient provision of means for their proper functioning and development. In addition to the equipment and infrastructures for public use, all the national parks of the National Parks Network have at least one administrative office and a basic resource for their maintenance, surveillance and own monitoring (vehicles, forestry machinery, technical material, etc.).
The national parks have, in general, all the necessary and sufficient provision of means for their proper functioning and development. In addition to the equipment and infrastructures for public use, all the national parks of the National Parks Network have at least one administrative office and a basic resource for their maintenance, surveillance and own monitoring (vehicles, forestry machinery, technical material, etc.).


The data about the material resources are very scarce and outdated, since the last official report dates from 2013. As of 2013, the 15 national parks had 32 visitors centers, 58 information centers, 121 parkings, 157 lookouts and 67 entertainment areas.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/divulgacion/tomo1-informe-estado-red-2011-2013_tcm30-380418.pdf|title=Status Report of the National Parks Network (2011-2013)|last=|first=|date=2013|website=www.miteco.gob.es|page=54|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> Also, the vehicles fleet of the Network was 392 in 2013.<ref name=":4" />
The data about the material resources are very scarce and outdated, since the last official report dates from 2013. As of 2013, the 15 national parks had 32 visitors centers, 58 information centers, 121 parkings, 157 lookouts and 67 entertainment areas.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/divulgacion/tomo1-informe-estado-red-2011-2013_tcm30-380418.pdf|title=Status Report of the National Parks Network (2011-2013)|last=|first=|date=2013|website=www.miteco.gob.es|page=54|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> Also, the vehicles fleet of the Network was 392 in 2013.<ref name=":4" />


=== Staff ===
=== Staff ===
Between 1918 and 1997, the staff in charge of the national parks was part of the General State Administration. The [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|Constitution of 1978]] established a decentralized system and in 1997 most of the regions assumed the managements of the active national parks whitin its territories. As of 2015, the National Parks Network staff was integrated by 1,908 people.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/la-red/gestion/memoria-2015_tcm30-378646.pdf|title=Report of the National Parks Network - 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> From those, 502 were firefighters and 426 surveillance and security.<ref name=":3" />
Between 1918 and 1997, the staff in charge of the national parks was part of the [[General State Administration]]. The [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|Constitution of 1978]] established a decentralized system and in 1997 most of the regions assumed the managements of the active national parks within its territories. As of 2015, the National Parks Network staff was integrated by 1,908 people.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/la-red/gestion/memoria-2015_tcm30-378646.pdf|title=Report of the National Parks Network - 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> From those, 502 were firefighters and 426 surveillance and security.<ref name=":3" />

== International affairs ==

=== World Heritage Sites ===
{{main|World Heritage Site|List of World Heritage Sites in Spain}}[[World Heritage Site]]s have enough universally recognized natural and cultural features that they are considered to merit the protection of all the peoples in the world. Spain is currently the third country with more World Heritage Sites, and the OAPN administers four of them:

* [[Garajonay National Park]], Canary Islands.
* [[Doñana National Park]], Andalusia.
* [[Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site]], Aragón (shared with [[France]])
* [[Teide National Park]], Canary Islands.

=== UNESCO Biosphere Reserves ===
{{See also|World Network of Biosphere Reserves|World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America}}
The OAPN also administers the Spanish Network of Biosphere Reserves (REBR). The REBR is integrated by the 52 Spanish [[biosphere reserves]] designated as such by the [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/Paginas/2019/20190619biosphere-reserves.aspx|title=La Moncloa. 19/06/2019. UNESCO approves three new biosphere reserves in Spain [Acting Government/News]|website=www.lamoncloa.gob.es|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> [[Spain]] has many more biosphere reserves, but this are specially protected and all of them coordinated and supported by an independent agency, the National Parks Autonomous Agency.


== Committees ==
== Committees ==
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=== National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee ===
=== National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee ===
Integrated in the [[General State Administration]] there is a National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee. This committee aims to deepen collaboration and coordination mechanisms, study possible common effects, reconcile the implementation of programs and actions in national parks, exchange information and experiences, and facilitate the dissemination of knowledge between the national parks administrations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2014-12588|title=National Parks Act of December 3, 2014.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> The committee is chaired by the Director of the National Parks Agency and it is integrated by the administrators of the national parks, twelve representatives of the agency and the administrators of the centers and other properties of the agency. The Deputy Director of the agency is also a member of the committee and it is the deputy chair of it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2016-698|title=Order of the Environement Minister which establishes the composition, functions and operation of the National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee, the Coordination Commissions and the National Parks Scientific Committee.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
Integrated in the [[General State Administration]] there is a National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee. This committee aims to deepen collaboration and coordination mechanisms, study possible common effects, reconcile the implementation of programs and actions in national parks, exchange information and experiences, and facilitate the dissemination of knowledge between the national parks administrations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2014-12588|title=National Parks Act of December 3, 2014.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> The committee is chaired by the Director of the National Parks Agency and it is integrated by the administrators of the national parks, twelve representatives of the agency and the administrators of the centers and other properties of the agency. The Deputy Director of the agency is also a member of the committee and it is the deputy chair of it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2016-698|title=Orden AAA/38/2016, de 18 de enero, por la que se establece la composición, funciones y funcionamiento del Comité de Colaboración y Coordinación de Parques Nacionales, de las Comisiones de Coordinación y del Comité Científico de Parques Nacionales|trans-title=Order of the Environment Minister which establishes the composition, functions and operation of the National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee, the Coordination Commissions and the National Parks Scientific Committee|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 21:30, 9 June 2024

National Parks
Autonomous Agency
Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales
Agency overview
FormedJune 23, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-06-23)
Preceding agencies
  • Institute for the Conservation of Nature
  • National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development
TypeAutonomous agency
JurisdictionSpanish government
Headquarters59 Hernani Street
Madrid
Agency executive
  • Javier Pantoja Trigueros, Director
Parent departmentMinistry for the Ecological Transition
WebsiteWeb Site(in Spanish)
The fifteen current National Parks.

The National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) is an autonomous agency of the Spanish central government that manages the National Parks Network and the Spanish Biosphere Reserves Network, as well as mountains, farms and other patrimonial assets of its property. The agency was created on June 23, 1995 by the Agriculture Minister Luis María Atienza by merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA).[1]

The OAPN is an agency of the Spanish Ecological Transition Department. The Minister, the Secretary of State for Environment and the Director-General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification act as President, First Vice President and Second Vice President of the agency, respectively, although the chief executive of the agency is the Director. The current director is Javier Pantoja Trigueros, appointed on April 1, 2022.[2]

Powers

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The National Parks Autonomous Agency is responsible for:[3]

  • The formulation of the national policy regarding national parks.
  • The dissemination and promotion of the image, values, and conservation model of national parks abroad.
  • The planning and management of the natural spaces of state competence.
  • The management of the mountains, farms and other assets assigned or their ownership.
  • The coordination and promotion of the Man and the Biosphere Programme of UNESCO, as well as the promotion, coordination and support of the Biosphere Reserve Network.
  • The support to the Ecological Transition Department's policies regarding biodiversity, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, conservation of fauna, flora, habitat and natural ecosystems in the terrestrial and marine environment. In this sense, it has the same responsibilities in the Department's policies on education, information, awareness, training and public participation on environmental issues through the National Center for Environmental Education (CENEAM).
  • The provision to the public of information and documentation services specialized in protected areas, nature conservation, dissemination, communication and environmental education.
  • The cooperation with public and private entities, both national (state, regional and local) and international, for the development of the previous functions.

History

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Enol Lake, in the Picos de Europa National Park.
Teide National Park in Winter.
La Pardina del Señor Forest, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.
Sant Maurici Lake, Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park.
Water poured in a hole on top of the Timanfaya mountain, in Lanzarote, comes back as a small Geysir.

The first National Parks Act was passed on December 8, 1916. This law was one of the first in Europe dedicated to the protection of nature and it consisted in just three articles. The law, defined the national parks as "those exceptionally picturesque, forested or rugged sites or places of the national territory, which the State consecrates, declaring them such, with the sole purpose of favoring their access through adequate means of communication, and respecting and to ensure that the natural beauty of its landscapes, the richness of its fauna and its flora and the geological and hydrological participles that they enclose are respected, thus avoiding with the greatest efficiency any act of destruction, deterioration or disfigurement by the hand of the man".[4] The first two national parks to be created were the Covadonga Mountain National Park (current Picos de Europa National Park) and the Ordesa Valley National Park (currently named Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park).[5]

From 1918 to 1954, the National Parks Network was integrated by those two parks. In 1954, two places of the Canary Islands were granted with the rank of national parks, the Teide National Park[6] and the Caldera de Taburiente National Park.[7] A year later, the Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio National Park was created.[8]

In 1957, a new Forestry Act was passed and it replaced the old Forestry Act of 1863 and also the National Parks Act of 1916. This new legislation also marks a substantial change in the legislative approach to environmental protection, according to which ecological factors begin to be more important when declaring new parks; in front of the merely historical and landscape.[9] Years later, in 1969, Doñana is declared a National Park[10] and, in 1973, the Tablas of Daimiel.[11] A year later, a new national park is created in the Canary Islands, the Timanfaya National Park.[12]

Other important year for the protection of the Spanish parks is 1975. The Protected Natural Spaces Act is passed which creates three new classifications of protected spaces —Integral Reserves of Scientific Interest, Natural Parks and Natural Parks of National Interest—, in addition to national parks. This law also brings with it the reclassification of several parks, with the notorious expansion of Doñana and Ordesa y Monte Perdido.[13] In the beginning of the 80s, the Garajonay National Park is created, one of the best world representations of the laurel, relict vegetation of the Tertiary Era.[14]

The Natural Spaces and Wild Flora and Fauna Conservation Act of 1989 gave a decisive push to the National Parks Network. This law officially creates the Network and it contained a clause where it is detailed which parks are part of it and their ecosystems. Finally, the law also assumes the right of every person to environment. Following the principles established by this law, in 1991 the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park[15] is created and in 1995 the Covadonga National Park is extended integrating all the limestone landscape, creating the Picos de Europa National Park.[16] Months later, the Cabañeros National Park is created and integrated into the Network.[17]

During the following years after the approval of this law, there was discomfort among the regions because the law gave the exclusive power to the central government to manage the National Parks. Several regions —Andalusia, Aragón, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León and Catalonia— presented unconstitutionality appeals before the Constitutional Court against the law and other related regulations for this reason. In 1995, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the fifth additional provision of the law[18] and in 1997 the Spanish Parliament reformed the 1989 Act to establish a shared system of managing between the central government and the regions. On June 23, 1995, because of the devolution of powers to the regions, the Minister of Agriculture Luis María Atienza approved a royal decree merging two other agencies, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICONA) and the National Institute for Agrarian Reform and Development (IRYDA) to create the current OAPN.[1]

In 1999 a new national park was created, this time the Sierra Nevada National Park,[19] and in 2002 the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park.[20]

Another appeal of unconstitutionality is filed by the regions of Andalusia and Aragón against the 1998 Act. These two regions criticized the shared system. The Constitutional Court was forced to interpret the law and it established in 2004 that the shared system consisted on a day-to-day management by the regions (including the appointment of all the officials and the heads of the national parks) but this management must to be finance by the regional governments, and the superior supervision and coordination of the Network was granted to the central government by giving to it the authority to create or extend national parks and to establish the general guidelines of action.[21]

In March 2007 the Monfragüe National Park was created[22] and, a month later, the National Parks Network Act was passed. The National Parks Network Act of 2007 assumed the interpretation of the Constitutional Court and it granted the supervisory power to the Department of Environment, through its Autonomous Agency. The last national park to be created was the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on June 25, 2013.[23]

On December 3, 2014 it was approved the current National Parks Act. This law reinforces, for its singularity, the protection of those parks and it establish an improved coordination and support system with the central government. In this sense, the law established an emergency system against environmental disasters and it forbids activities such as sport and recreational fishing, sport and commercial hunting, logging for commercial purposes, as well as urbanization and building.

In June 2021, Spanish Parliament approved the Sierra de las Nieves National Park Act, a law that transformed the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park into a national park.[24]

Directors

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No. Name Term of office
Start End
1 Jesús Casas Grande July 15, 1995 January 26, 1996
2 Antonio J. Troya Panduro March 29, 1996 September 10, 1996
3 Alberto Ruiz del Portal Mateos September 10, 1996 October 2, 1999
4 Basilio Rada Martínez July 25, 2000 June 8, 2004
5 Juan Garay Zabala July 30, 2004 June 5, 2009
6 José Jiménez García-Herrera June 5, 2009 December 30, 2009
7 Olga Baniandrés December 30, 2009 November 18, 2011
8 Basilio Rada Martínez February 2012 July 19, 2018
9 Juan José Areces Maqueda July 19, 2018 September 23, 2020
10 María Jesús Rodríguez de Sancho September 23, 2020 April 1, 2022
11 Javier Pantoja Trigueros April 1, 2022 Incumbent

National Parks Network

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Church of la Purísima Concepción on the island of Isabel II (Chafarinas) in 1893.
The Palace of Las Marismillas, vacation palace of the Spanish Prime Minister.

The National Parks Network (RPN) is a system established to protect and manage some Spanish Natural Heritage with the category of national park. The RPN is integrated by 16 national parks and all the staff and administrations that are part of it. The network encompasses approximately 1 million acres (4,450 km2). The largest national park is the Sierra Nevada National Park with 212,222 acres (858,8 km2) and it is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Natural Park, that is approx. 200,000 acres.[25] The smallest park is the Tablas de Daimiel National Park at 7,487 acres (30,3 km2).[26]

In addition to the national parks, that are directly managed by the Spanish regional administrations, the National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) administers other properties. The OAPN administers 18 properties that encompasses 247,105.40 acres (1,000 km2 approx.). All these properties have in common the fact of being representative of some of the most emblematic landscapes and Iberian ecosystems. Most of these properties are owned by a public entity, although some of them are private (the Encomienda de Mudela is 99,97% private, La Graciosa is 7% private, New Place of Serradilla is 1,8% private).

OAPN's properties[27]
Name Province Amount
Valsaín Mountains and Sawmill Segovia 26,253 acres 106,3 km2
Chafarinas Islands None 1,263 acres 5,1 km2
Lugar Nuevo y Selladores-Contadero Jaén 48,678 acres 197 km2
Quintos de Mora Toledo 16,961 acres 68.6 km2
Encomienda de Mudela Ciudad Real 42,737 acres 173 km2
La Graciosa Las Palmas 6645 acres 26.9 km2
Río Guadarrama Nursery School Madrid 12 acres 0,049 km2
New Place of Serradilla Cáceres 5,688 acres 23 km2
Las Marismillas Huelva 25,417 acres 102.8 km2
Dehesa de Cotillas Cuenca 5,383 acres 21.8 km2
Dehesa de San Juan Granada 9,590 acres 38.8 km2
Zarza de Granadilla Cáceres 16,662 acres 67.4 km2
Ribavellosa La Rioja 495.45 acres 2 km2
Alfurí de Dalt Menorca 633 acres 2.6 km2
Cortijo de San Isidro Madrid
Las Cumbres del Realejo Bajo Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1240 acres 5.02 km2
Iserse y Graneritos Santa Cruz de Tenerife 3976 acres 16.09 km2
National Center for Environmental Education Segovia

Visitors

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The National Parks Network reached the number of 10 million visitors in 2000 and 15 million in 2016, with its peak in 2017. The last data, from 2019, shows that the Network received 14.5 million visitors throughout the 15 parks (since 2021 they are 16).[28] The most visited national park is the Teide National Park with 4.4 million visitors each year,[29] followed by the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park with 1.5 million, the Picos de Europa National Park with 1.7 million[30] and the Timanfaya with around 1.6 million.[28] The less visited national parks are the Cabañeros National Park, the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park and the Tablas de Daimiel National Park, all of them with an average of 80,000 to 160,000 visitors.[28]

Visitors data to the National Parks 1996-2019 (millions)
Ref:[31]

Infrastructure and others

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The national parks have, in general, all the necessary and sufficient provision of means for their proper functioning and development. In addition to the equipment and infrastructures for public use, all the national parks of the National Parks Network have at least one administrative office and a basic resource for their maintenance, surveillance and own monitoring (vehicles, forestry machinery, technical material, etc.).

The data about the material resources are very scarce and outdated, since the last official report dates from 2013. As of 2013, the 15 national parks had 32 visitors centers, 58 information centers, 121 parkings, 157 lookouts and 67 entertainment areas.[32] Also, the vehicles fleet of the Network was 392 in 2013.[32]

Staff

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Between 1918 and 1997, the staff in charge of the national parks was part of the General State Administration. The Constitution of 1978 established a decentralized system and in 1997 most of the regions assumed the managements of the active national parks within its territories. As of 2015, the National Parks Network staff was integrated by 1,908 people.[33] From those, 502 were firefighters and 426 surveillance and security.[33]

International affairs

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World Heritage Sites

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World Heritage Sites have enough universally recognized natural and cultural features that they are considered to merit the protection of all the peoples in the world. Spain is currently the third country with more World Heritage Sites, and the OAPN administers four of them:

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

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The OAPN also administers the Spanish Network of Biosphere Reserves (REBR). The REBR is integrated by the 52 Spanish biosphere reserves designated as such by the UNESCO.[34] Spain has many more biosphere reserves, but this are specially protected and all of them coordinated and supported by an independent agency, the National Parks Autonomous Agency.

Committees

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The agency has two committees for a better coordination of the National Parks Network and to advise the agency.

National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee

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Integrated in the General State Administration there is a National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee. This committee aims to deepen collaboration and coordination mechanisms, study possible common effects, reconcile the implementation of programs and actions in national parks, exchange information and experiences, and facilitate the dissemination of knowledge between the national parks administrations.[35] The committee is chaired by the Director of the National Parks Agency and it is integrated by the administrators of the national parks, twelve representatives of the agency and the administrators of the centers and other properties of the agency. The Deputy Director of the agency is also a member of the committee and it is the deputy chair of it.[36]

National Parks Scientific Committee

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The Scientific Committee is the body of the OAPN in charge of scientifically advising on any question that may be raised from the Office of the Director of the Autonomous Agency, at the initiative of this or at the request of the national parks administrations.[35] The Director and Deputy Director who are the chair and deputy chair, respectively, are part of the committee. In addition to these, the committee is also integrated by twenty members appointed by the director for a four-year term.[36]

References

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  5. ^ "Royal Decree of August 16, 1918 creating the National Park of the Ordesa Valley or the Ava River and the Covadonga National Park". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. ^ "Decree of January 22, 1954, creating the Teide National Park (Canary Islands)". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  7. ^ "Decree of October 6, 1954, creating the National Park of the "Caldera de Taburiente", in the island of La Palma, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. ^ "Decree of October 21, 1955 creating the "Parque Nacional de Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio", in the province of Lleida". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  9. ^ "Forestry Act of 1957" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Decree of October 16, 1969, creating the National Park of Doñana". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  11. ^ "Decree 1874/1973, of June 28, which declares National Park to the Tablas de Daimiel and creates a zone of integral reserve of water birds within it". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
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  20. ^ "Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park Act of July 1, 2002". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
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  24. ^ Orellana, Jesús Sánchez (2021-06-23). "La Sierra de las Nieves se convierte en el decimosexto parque nacional de España". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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  29. ^ Santana, María Rodríguez (2022-06-25). "Masificación, cambio climático y especies invasoras, las amenazas que urgen a la conservación del Parque Nacional del Teide". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  30. ^ "De los dos millones de visitantes de Picos de Europa, 700.000 acceden por Fuente Dé". El Diario Montañes (in Spanish). 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
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  33. ^ a b "Report of the National Parks Network - 2015" (PDF).
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  35. ^ a b "National Parks Act of December 3, 2014". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  36. ^ a b "Orden AAA/38/2016, de 18 de enero, por la que se establece la composición, funciones y funcionamiento del Comité de Colaboración y Coordinación de Parques Nacionales, de las Comisiones de Coordinación y del Comité Científico de Parques Nacionales" [Order of the Environment Minister which establishes the composition, functions and operation of the National Parks Collaboration and Coordination Committee, the Coordination Commissions and the National Parks Scientific Committee]. boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-06.