These include : While national parks are generally understood to be administered by national governments ( hence the name ) , in Australia national parks are run by state governments and predate the Federation of Australia ; similarly , national parks in the Netherlands are administered by the provinces .
In 1969 the IUCN ( International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ) declared a national park to be a relatively large area with : While national parks are generally understood to be administered by national governments ( hence the name ) , in Australia national parks are run by State Governments and predate the Federation of Australia .