QPI AwarD

Wilderness Quiet Parks

Large pristine areas offering exceptional sonic beauty and opportunities for extended periods of pure natural quiet.

Award Benefits:

• Improve physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of visitors

• Enable people, especially children, to listen to nature

• Increase awareness of the benefit of quiet for people and wildlife

• Conserve wildlife

• Preserve habitat

• Identify and help indigenous communities preserve quiet places

• Gain international recognition

• Generate international media interest

• Increase visitors and engagement

• Increase traffic to local businesses and generate employment

• Gain popularity on social media

• Get assistance to create Park guidelines and management practices

• Get assistance to maintain the award

Urban Quiet Parks

Natural areas near or in cities that offer culturally relevant quiet experiences to urban dwellers.

Award Benefits:

• Gain recognition by showcasing your park and community on the country map

• Generate media interest (Example: Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan)

• Increase visitors and engagement (Example: Time Magazine World’s Greatest Places 2021)

• Gain popularity on social media

• Increase value of the property around the Park, as most people seek quiet while purchasing a property

• Help educate local children on how to experience and appreciate quiet, as the Quiet Parks International Education Program is closely tied to Urban Quiet Award

• Assist children in the urban environment to connect with nature and to appreciate birds and other animals in their natural habitat

• Identify and help urban communities preserve these quiet places

• Improve physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of community dwellers

• Increase work productivity

• Increase awareness of the essential need of both people and wildlife to experience quiet

• Enable/encourage people to listen to nature

• Get assistance to create Park guidelines and management practices

• Get assistance to maintain the award

Quiet Trails

Pedestrian and canoe routes that offer quiet experiences of nature.

Award Benefits:

• Gain recognition by showcasing your trail on the world map

• Generate media interest

• Increase visitors and engagement

• Increase traffic to local businesses and generate employment with Quiet Recreation and Travel

• Gain popularity on social media

• Identify and help indigenous communities preserve these quiet places

• Improve physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of visitors

• Enable/encourage people to listen to nature

• Increase awareness of the essential need of both people and wildlife to experience quiet

• Conserve wildlife

• Preserve habitat

• Get assistance to create trail guidelines and management practices

• Get assistance to maintain the award

Quiet Conservation Area

Quiet Conservation Areas (QCA) are natural areas of exceptional quality that may provide opportunities for quiet human enjoyment yet are at-risk from noise pollution.

Award Benefits:

Increase awareness of the benefit of quiet for people and wildlife

• Gain international recognition

• Defend your right to quiet at public hearings

• Network with other QCAs and learn from their best practices

• Get assistance to create guidelines and management practices

• Get assistance to maintain the award