About
The Duna-Ipoly National Park
Directorate (DINPD) was established in 1997. The administrative area of the DINPD
consists of the Duna-Ipoly National Park itself, 8 Protected Landscape Areas
and 36 Nature Conservation Areas. The overall size of the areas of national
importance is 130 000 ha including a Biosphere Reserve, a European Diploma Site
and several Ramsar Sites and Forest Reserves of great significance.
The main duties of the Directorate
are defined by law. The DINPD:
- manages the administration of priority
natural values and areas within its administrative area and provides priority
and secondary data collection. It also operates the monitoring and information
system related to its scope of duties and cooperates with other information and
controlling systems
- maintains and operates the
conservation demonstration establishments and educational, documentary and
touristic establishments
- receives more than 130.000 visitors
in 8 visitor centres, on green days and guided tours
- executes tasks of trusteeship
related to the estates under its trusteeship
- manages the preparatory tasks of
regional forest and wildlife management belonging to the scope of the Ministry
for Agriculture
- prepares the conservation
management plans of protected areas and Natura 2000 sites
- manages the nature conservation of
priority and high priority areas and nature values, of Natura 2000 sites and
areas and values belonging to international conservation agreements
- manages duties related to the
designation of priority, high priority and Natura 2000 areas
- manages the ranger service of the
Directorate.