Wonderful Earth - Nature Reserves in South Africa #Part 2

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1. Mabalingwe Nature Reserve
2. Mabula Game Reserve
3. Mabusa Nature Reserve
4. Mala Mala Game Reserve
5. Mamre Nature Garden
6. Manyeleti Game Reserve
7. Maria Moroka Nature Reserve
8. Marloth Nature Reserve
9. Midmar Nature Reserve
10. Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
11. Modjadji Nature Reserve
12. Mokolo Dam Nature Reserve
13. Mpofu Nature Reserve
14. Mwanedi Game Reserve
15. Nooitgedacht Dam Nature Reserve
16. Nylsvley Nature Reserve
17. Phongolo Nature Reserve
18. Pigeon Valley
19. Pipeline Coastal Park
20. Polokwane Game Reserve
21. Rietvlei Nature Reserve
22. Roodeplaat Nature Reserve
23. Royal Natal National Park
24. Rust De Winter Nature Reserve
25. Sabi Sand Game Reserve
26. Salmonsdam Nature Reserve
27. Seekoei-vlei Nature Reserve
28. Selati Game Reserve
29. Soetdoring Nature Reserve
30. Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve
31. SS Skosana Nature Reserve
32. Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve
33. Thornybush Game Reserve
34. Timbavati Game Reserve
35. Touchstone Game Reserve
36. Tshanini Nature Reserve
37. Tshukudu Private Game Reserve
38. Tussen-die-Riviere Nature Reserve
39. Umbabat Game Reserve
40. Umhlametsi Game Reserve
41. uMkhuze Game Reserve
42. Umlalazi Nature Reserve
43. Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
44. Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve
45. Verloren Valei Nature Reserve
46. Welgevonden Game Reserve
47. Willem Pretorius Game Reserve
48. Wonderboom Nature Reserve
49. Zwartbosch Private 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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