Wonderful Earth - Nature Reserves in South Africa #Part 1

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1. Abe Bailey Nature Reserve
2. Aloe Ridge Game Reserve
3. Anysberg Nature Reserve
4. Atherstone Nature Reserve
5. Balule Nature Reserve
6. Ben Alberts Nature Reserve
7. Ben Lavin Nature Reserve
8. Bird Island Nature Reserve
9. Blouberg Nature Reserve
10. Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve
11. Burman Bush
12. Caledon Nature Reserve
13. Chimp Eden
14. D'nyala Nature Reserve
15. De Hoop Nature Reserve
16. De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre
17. Dikhololo Game Reserve
18. Doorndraai Dam Nature Reserve
19. East London Coast Nature Reserve
20. Faerie Glen Nature Reserve
21. Fernkloof Nature Reserve
22. Fountains Valley, Pretoria
23. Gariep Nature Reserve
24. Greater Kruger National Park
25. Groenkloof Nature Reserve
26. Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area
27. Helderberg Nature Reserve
28. Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park
29. Ingwelala
30. Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
31. Kalkfontein Nature Reserve
32. Kapama Game Reserve
33. Klaserie Game Reserve
34. Knersvlakte Nature Reserve
35. Koppies Dam Nature Reserve
36. Kragga Kamma Game Park
37. Langjan Nature Reserve
38. Laohu Valley Reserve
39. Lapalala Game Reserve
40. Leon Taljaard Nature Reserve
41. Loskop Dam Nature Reserve
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A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of wild nature for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.
An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on
Protected Areas, has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas.
While this type of national park had been proposed previously, the United States established the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. Some would say that the first official
national park to be designated as such at its creation was Mackinac Island, legislated in 1875. Australia's Royal
National Park, established in 1879, was the world's third official national park. In 1895 ownership of Mackinac Island was transferred to the State of Michigan as a state park and national park status was consequently lost. As a result Australia's Royal National Park is by some considerations the second oldest national park now in existence.
The largest national park in the world meeting the IUCN definition is the Northeast Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006. IUCN is still discussing the parameters of defining a national park.
National parks are almost always open to visitors. Most national parks provide outdoor recreation and camping opportunities as well as classes designed to educate the public on the importance of conservation and the natural wonders of the land in which the national park is located.
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