Garetolia National Parks and Recreation Service

Garetolia National Parks and Recreation Service

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Agency overview
Formed	22 July 1986 (1986-07-22)
Jurisdiction	Garetolian government
Headquarters	Ule'eka, West Cona County
Employees	7,363 (2019)
Annual budget	$4.085 billion (2019)
Agency executives	Kalo Make'o, Chief Director Maka Hamala, Deputy Chief Director
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Website	www.ganapars.gov

The Garetolia National Parks and Recreation Service, commonly referred to as GANAPARS, is an agency of the Garetolian government that manages and regulates standards for all Garetolian national parks and ecosystem preserves. It was created on 22 July 1986 by the Parliament of Garetolia through the Green Protection Act.

Tantamount to the United States' National Park Service, GANAPARS is a subdepartment of the Garetolia Ministry of the Interior whose main goal is to protect and preserve all national parks and ecosystem preserves in Garetolia. As of February 2021, there are 23 national parks and 14 ecosystem preserves. GANAPARS has the power to create legislation for the parks without interference by Parliament.

In total, GANAPARS is divided into 39 units: 2 of which are administrative, and the rest assigned to each protected area.

1990 map of the original six areas, still showing the original 5 counties

History

GANAPARS started out in 1986 as the Green Protection Agency, listing five major parks as national parks and one ecosystem preserve.