European Parks Day
May 24th has been declared as the day for the
protection of natural parks and started in 1909 in
Sweden. Then the example was followed by other
European countries and now there are national
parks all over Europe.The example of Sweden was
gradually followed by other European countries,
with the result that today the number of European
national parks amounts to 359, a number that is
constantly increasing.The national parks of
Europe include mountains, lakes, rivers, islands,
forests,wetlands, where many different species of
plants and animals live, many of them threatened
with extinction.
