Alpine Network of Protected Areas ALPARC, co-ordinated by the Protected Area Task Force of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

The network comprises about a thousand large protected areas (more than 100 ha) created throughout the Alpine Arc for the protection of the flora and fauna and their biotopes, the promotion of sustainable development, visitor management and research. This network has now been working for twelve years on typical problems relating to big nature parks, nature conservation areas, biosphere reserves, quiet zones and other forms of protected area. Its activities are co-ordinated by the Protected Area Task Force at the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention.