Treasures Of The Earth (Vol.6) : Worldwide Natural Landscapes Photography

• 22. Forillon National Park Gaspe Quebec Canada

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National Parks of Scotland:

There are currently two national parks of Scotland: Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, created in 2002, and the Cairngorms National Park, created in 2003. These national parks were designated as such under the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000, passed by the Scottish Parliament, 51 years after the establishment of the National Parks of England and Wales. It was a Scot, John Muir, who had initiated one of the first national parks in the world, at Yosemite in the United States.

In June 2005, the Scottish Executive announced their intention to create Scotland’s first coastal and marine national park. Five possible locations for this were being considered:
Solway Firth
Argyll Islands and Coast
Ardnamurchan, Small Isles and South Skye Coast
North Skye Coast and Wester Ross
North Uist, Sound of Harris, Harris and South Lewis

Like the national parks of England and Wales, neither of the Scottish parks are wilderness areas owned by the government. The majority of the land is in private ownership; more importantly, much of the land has been worked by humans for thousands of years, in places quite extensively. Like many areas of the Scottish Highlands, historical deforestation, overgrazing by sheep and deer, and extensive 20th century afforestation with non-native tree species (particularly conifers) have resulted in landscapes which are semi-natural. Like their English and Welsh counterparts, then, the parks in Scotland are effectively "managed landscapes".

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• 25. Golden Rays on the Farm Ohio
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• 27. Jasper National Park Alberta Canada
• 28. Khovsgol National Park Mongolia
• 29. Lake Adelaide Basin Darran Mountains Fiordland National Park New Zealand
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• 32. Lofoten Norway
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• 34. Mount St Helens Washington

• 35. Mystical Light Germany
• 36. Natural Framing Bryce Canyon Utah
• 37. Nevado Sajama Seen from Sajama Valley Sajama National Park Bolivia
• 38. North Sea Lofoten Islands Norway
• 39. Northern Cliffs of Fair Isle Shetland United Kingdom
• 40. Northern Lights Alberta Canada
• 41. Olympic National Park Washington
• 42. Painted Cliffs Maria Island National Park Tasmania Australia

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