Nodwyd dibenion ein Parciau Cenedlaethol a’n Hardaloedd o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol mewn deddfwriaeth sydd bron yn ddeg a thrigain oed bellach. Yn y degawdau ers hynny, mae datblygiadau amgylcheddol, cymdeithasol ac economaidd wedi golygu bod natur y materion sy’n eu hwynebu wedi datblygu hefyd. Mae’n hynod amserol, felly, bod  y Comisiwn ar Lywodraethu a Darparu Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus wedi gwneud argymhellion pwysig i Barciau Cenedlaethol gymryd cam yn ôl, gwerthuso a deall yn well a yw’r dynodiadau, y dibenion, y trefniadau rheoli a’r modd y maent yn llywodraethu tirweddau dynodedig yn bodloni’r heriau a wynebir heddiw ac yn y dyfodol.
The statutory purposes of our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty were originally set out in legislation that is now almost seventy years old. In the intervening decades, economic, environmental and social developments mean that the issues they face have evolved.   It is now timely and the commission on Public Services Governance and Delivery has made important recommendations for National Parks to step back, appraise and better understand whether the designations, purposes, management arrangements and governance of designated landscapes are best-placed to meet the challenges of today, as well as those in the future.