Nærøyfjorden Verdsarvpark forvaltar Aurland Naturfond som vart etablert i samband med avviklinga av Aurland Naturverkstad BA.

The purpose of the fund is to give people in Aurland the opportunity to develop experience and expertise in nature use and arranging for landscape experiences, small-scale processing and product development, nature and landscape communication. The fund shall initially be distributed through annual applications/non-payments over a period of 20 years; something that currently corresponds to approximately NOK NOK 26,500 per year.

In 2015, the fund board received 6 applications, of which 3 applicants were approved for funds.

Wednesday, January 13th, was the first board meeting of the year for Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park arranged at Flåmsbrygga in Aurland municipality.

In addition to the election of a new chairman, there were also a number of new faces who attended the meeting for the first time from both the world heritage municipalities and the county council following the elections in autumn 2015.