National Parks Y8 summer exams

What are the main aims for national parks?

Preserve the areas of natural beauty

Ensure that everyone can enjoy the parks today and in the future (making them sustainable)

Protect the lives or people who live and work in the parks

How many national parks are in the UK?

13 across England and Wales, and two in Scotland making a total of 15. They cover coasts mountains and forests and they were first set up in 1949

What are the main things that can damage national park areas?

Litter, Air pollution, More traffic/congestion, Erosion, Disturbance of wildlife/wild stock

Describe litter?

litter left by tourists can make beautiful countryside’s look unsightly and kill animals

Describe air pollution?

air pollution from cars/buses will decrease air quality and can kill plant life

Describe congestion/traffic?

More traffic can lead to congestion and disruption for local residents and other visitors

Describe erosion?

Erosion is caused by walking and bikes. Plants are trampled by tourists, leading to destruction of natural flora and more soil erosion over time

Describe disturbance of wildlife?

Tourists/dogs can frighten livestock/wild animals

What is a stakeholder?

groups of people who want to use the national park areas

What are the main 6 stakeholders?

Tourists, local residents, conservationists, farmers, local business owners, quarry owners

What is the conflict between tourists and conservationists/local residents?

the natural landscape and wildlife can be damaged by excessive tourism. Land can be eroded, air can be polluted and wildlife can be disturbed and plants are trampled on. Visitors can also cause visual pollution, such as litter. Large numbers of visitors cause pollution and congestion

What is the conflict between tourists and farmers?

Farmers, may be concerned about damage to fences and livestock by walkers. Sometimes visitors don’t stick to paths or leave gates open.

What is the conflict between Local business owners and local residents?

Local business owners want to encourage more visitors, but local residents may be worried about congestion, littering, noise pollution, erosion of foot paths

What could happen if these different interest groups are not carefully managed?

It could damage the environment, local people could get upset or even hostile, tourists could be put off from visiting parks.

What measures have been adopted to help sustain parks?

Footpath maintenance, public transport, restricted parking zones, raising awareness, reducing visual impact of quarries-rewilding them, planting trees and hedgerows.

Describe footpath maintenance?

It has been undertaken by SDNP. Some paths have been rebuilt (reducing erosion) or access restricted (reducing trampling down paths and vegetation

Describe Public transport?

It has been improved and subsidised (made cheaper). Visitors are encouraged to use buses instead of brining their cars (reduces congestion and pollution)-devils dyke.

Describe restricted parking zones?

They have been set up over some villages (Alfriston). Parking on grass verges and near village houses has been restricted (reduces conflict with local residents and reducing pollution and congestion)

Describe Raising awareness?

They raise awareness of conservation issues for visitors by using, posters, sign posts and leaflets at tourist information centres. (reduces erosion and disturbance of livestock, and litter

Describe planting trees and hedgerows?

It reduces soil erosion and hide quarries this has been done in SDNP where they have planted 28000 trees in the last 2 years