National Parks and Protected Areas: A Comparison of the Approach Taken in the UK and France for the Protection of Green Spaces

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

 

This paper compares the laws and regulations in place to protect National Parks in France and the United Kingdom through the study of two such parks,  The New Forest and The Calanques to assess how access to and preservation of nature may be balanced

 

The discussion and the conclusion highlight how the inherent tensions between how access to and preservation of nature might be differently balanced, according to the different rules applicable to specific natural areas.

 

the references appropriate and the historic insights are a plus

 

It might be nice to have maps and pictures to visualise the two parks

 

 

PS at the beginning of lines 727 and 766 you have small letters that do not make much sense

 

On line 73 you use 'parc national' in French, but in that phrase you should use plural.

In part two (lines 388 ff) you purports to discuss New Forest and Calanque separatedly, but then you often refer to the latter to contrast with the former (e.g. lines 394 and 405). It would probably be better either to keep the saparation stricter and leave comparison to a separate section or just have a comparative section with no separation.  

 

 

 

Author Response

Thank you for your helpful comments.

It might be nice to have maps and pictures to visualise the two parks - we have included some in our uploaded revised paper.

at the beginning of lines 727 and 766 you have small letters that do not make much sense - we have amended this as requested

On line 73 you use 'parc national' in French, but in that phrase you should use plural - we have amended this

In part two (lines 388 ff) you purports to discuss New Forest and Calanque separatedly, but then you often refer to the latter to contrast with the former (e.g. lines 394 and 405). It would probably be better either to keep the saparation stricter and leave comparison to a separate section or just have a comparative section with no separation - we have amended this.

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This paper compares the basic situation of the ecological, historical and socio-economic significance and the specific challenges faced by tourism management, particularly concerning the implications of over frequentation of the New Forest National Park of the United Kingdom and the Calanques National Park of the France. On this basis, this paper delves into the Reservation Strategy and Demarketing Strategy employed in the Calanques National Park, and the visitor tax and off-road cycling scheme employed in the New Forest National Park effectively. As for the future initiatives, to offer valuable insights into the complexities of national park management and contribute to the ongoing discourse on sustainable conservation practices in protected areas, it is mentioned to collaborate more effectively with commoners and increase community participation.

This paper focuses on the above topics and demonstrates high relevance. However, it could be presented in a better-structured manner because the focus of the paper should be the challenges faced by tourism management and legal frameworks and governance tools, while, the part about the examination of the ecological, historical, and socio-economic significance is from page 4 to 13, and the challenges and legal frameworks and governance tools are from page 13 to 16 and from page 16 to 24 unproperly. Secondly, the conclusions are not consistent well with the evidence and arguments presented. For example, it scrutinizes the challenges and the effective strategies employed in the Calanques National Park and the New Forest National Park, but lacks the analysis of the reasons, which are the key to whether the experience of the two national parks can learn from each other and whether the results are reproducible. It is suggested to add this part. Finally, as for the reference, only about one-third of the cited references are mostly recent publications (within the last 5 years), so it is recommended to add references within the last 5 years.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The English language can be easy to understand.

Author Response

However, it could be presented in a better-structured - we have restructure the paper to deal with this

and the challenges and legal frameworks and governance tools are from page 13 to 16 and from page 16 to 24 unproperly - we regret we do not understand this remark

about one-third of the cited references are mostly recent publications (within the last 5 years), so it is recommended to add references within the last 5 years - we confirm that the references cited are the most up to date available and reflect that this paper is an important new study into this area.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

thanks for the interesting article!