Scotland has two national parks and the Scottish government has promised at least one more by early 2026.
Biodiversity Minister Lorna Slater said: "I think it is time to have a new park, I think it is an exciting proposition when we have got climate and nature crisis ahead of us.
"Of course there are many parts of Scotland that are heavily visited by tourists and enjoyed by many people that don't have that infrastructure to support them. "One of the things that struck us from the start is that there are so many good, relatively small projects going on over the Borders," she said.
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