Research and Policy Development Papers on Coastal & Marine National Parks

To inform our thinking on coastal & marine national parks, SNH commissioned the following work:

• ‘A review of relevant experience of coastal and marine national parks’.  Published in May 2008 this review was informed by the following 12 case studies from around the world -

• Case Studies 1 & 2 - Parc Naturel Régional d’Armorique & Park Naturel Marin d’Iroise, France
• Case Study 3 - Kosterhavets Marine National Park, Sweden (proposed)
• Case Study 4 - Wadden Sea National Park, Schleswig Holstein, Germany
• Case Study 5 - Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark
• Case Study 6 - Laesoe Island Marine National Park, Denmark (pilot proposal)
• Case Study 7 - Archipelago National park, Finland
• Case Study 8 - Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Canada
• Case Study 9 - Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
• Case Study 10 - Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Québec, Canada
• Case Studies 11 & 12 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park & Cape Byron Marine Park, Australia

• 'A Review of best practice in sustainable tourism in coastal and marine areas'. Produced in 2006 this report was also informed by a number of detailed case study investigations.  These are provided below -

• Acadia National Park
• Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
• Chichester Harbour AONB
• Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Le Parc naturel régional d’Armorique
• Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation
• Secovlje Salina Nature Park
• St Lawrence Islands National Park
• Table Mountain National Park
• The Bantry Bay Charter
• The Jurassic Coast
• The Southwestern Archipelago National Park
• Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
• Väinameri Project
• Wadden Sea National Park
• Wadden Sea Region

• 'A review of marine and coastal recreation in Scotland'. Published in 2006 this work was commissioned to improve our understanding of current and future recreational activity in the marine and coastal environment in Scotland, and to identify any marine and coastal areas of particular importance for recreation.

These reviews complement and add to previous work SNH and the Scottish Government have commissioned -

• What is the added value of CMNPs?
• Concerns about National Parks
• A review of issues and opportunities for aquaculture
• A review of issues and opportunities for inshore fisheries management within a CMNP
• Initial review of powers and functions for a coastal & marine national park authority
• Initial review of governance issues for a coastal & marine national park authority