usually clubs or local special purpose associations. The German nature parks come together in the Association of German Nature Parks. In Germany today there are 101 nature parks (as at: March 2009), that occupy some 25% of the land area. They are an important building block for nature conservation and help to preserve the sites of natural beauty, cultural landscapes, rare species and biotopes and to make them accessible to later generations. Hungary Geschriebenstein-Írottkő (cross-border park with Burgenland in Austria) Raab-Örseg-Goricko (cross-border park with Burgenland in Austria and Goričko in Slovenia) Italy South Tyrol has 8 nature parks and part of a national park Schlern-Rosengarten Texelgruppe Puez-Geisler Fanes-Sennes-Prags Trudner Horn Sexten Dolomites Rieserferner-Ahrn Sarntal Alps Stelvio Philippines In the Philippines, Natural Parks are a type of protected area. They are defined by Republic Act No. 7586 as: "relatively large areas not materially altered by human activity where extractive resource uses are not allowed and maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international significance for scientific, educational and recreational use." They include: Apo Reef Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park Bicol Natural Park Bongsanglay Natural Park Bulusan Volcano Natural Park Kalbario-Patapat Natural Park Lake Danao (Leyte) Mahagnao Volcano Mayon Volcano Natural Park Mount Apo Mount Balatukan Mount Guiting-Guiting Mount Inayawan Range Natural Park Mount Isarog Kalatungan Mountain Range Kanlaon Kitanglad Mountain Range Mount Malindang Northern Negros Natural Park Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park Pasonanca Natural Park Samar Island Natural Park Sibalom Natural Park Tubbataha Reef (also a World Heritage Site) Switzerland In Switzerland the establishment of regional nature parks is regulated by the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. The three categories are: National parks (the Swiss National Park) Regional nature parks (sixteen parks) Aargau Jura Park Parc Ela Thal Nature Park Entlebuch Biosphere Val Müstair Biosphere Etc. Nature experience parks (the Wildnispark Zurich Sihlwald) National parks and nature experience parks have very strict protected areas, something which does not exist in regional nature parks. The latter focus much more on striking a balance in the level of support between nature conservation and the regional economy. Spain In Spain, a natural park (Spanish: parque natural) is a natural space protected for its biology, geology, or landscape, with ecological, aesthetic, educational, or scientific value whose preservation merits preferential attention on the part of public administration. The regulation of the activities