Seven new sites in France, two in Italy and for the first time a site in Switzerland, join the "green list of protected and conserved areas" of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), published Tuesday.

This list includes a total of 59 sites around the world and is based on 17 criteria in four areas: “good governance, robust design and planning, effective management and effective conservation results”.

“The admitted sites (…) have distinguished themselves by exemplary management, equitable governance and a long-term commitment to successful conservation,” said IUCN Director General Bruno Oberle, quoted in a press release.

7 new sites registered on the IUCN Green List.

France has the + of sites having received this certification 🌍, rewarding their good governance, their planning, their efficient management and their results for nature conservation: https://t.co/93IXvhljoG https://t.co / USgn0Ghi2P

- French Committee of IUCN (@UICNfrance) April 20, 2021

A total of 22 sites located in France

The new certified sites in France are as follows: the Coloraie du Volcano reserve in Reunion, the Contamines-Montjoie national nature reserve (Haute-Savoie), the marshes of the lower valleys of Essonne and Juine (Ile -de-France), the Tour du Valat area (Bouches-du-Rhône), the Sainte-Victoire national nature reserve (Bouches-du-Rhône), the Haut-Giffre and Aiguilles Rouges national nature reserves (Savoie) and the Natura 2000 Bassin du Drugeon site (Jura).

These sites bring "the country's total to 22, the highest number in the world to date," said IUCN.

A first for Switzerland

In Italy, two protected areas join the Green List.

These are the Arcipelago Toscano National Park and the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park.

“The Green List status of the country's first national park, Gran Paradiso, has been renewed,” says IUCN.

"The Swiss National Park becomes the first site of the Green List of Switzerland", also indicates the organization.

It is a strict nature reserve, where human activity is practically prohibited, with 170 km2 of forests, subalpine and alpine meadows, as well as rocks and scree.

IUCN has also renewed the status of three national parks in South Korea, one of which contributes in particular to the conservation of the Asian black bear, which is threatened on a global scale.

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