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The earliest enabling law passed was the principal legal and regulatory framework for Special Use Forests in the 1986 Decision of the Minister of Forestry. Under the Decision 1171/QD of 1986, protected areas broadly categorized were: Category I: National Parks, Category II: Nature Reserves and Cultural, Historical and Environmental Areas.
The nature reserve is surrounded by the Bình Châu and Phước Bửu towns on its North side, as well as by the Hồ Tràm and Hồ Cốc beach resorts on its South side. It contains the Núi Hồ Linh hill, 136 meters high. It hosts at least 7 endangered species (red book of IUCN 2020). [3]
Bee Lick Creek in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge. A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed ...
The SLOSS debate was a debate in ecology and conservation biology during the 1970's and 1980's as to whether a single large or several small (SLOSS) reserves were a superior means of conserving biodiversity in a fragmented habitat. Since its inception, multiple alternate theories have been proposed.
Strict nature reserves and wilderness areas are protected areas that are created and managed mainly for the purposes of research or for the protection of large, unspoiled areas of wilderness. Their primary purpose is the preservation of biodiversity and as essential reference areas for scientific work and environmental monitoring .
The oldest legally protected reserve recorded in history is the Main Ridge Forest Reserve, established by an ordinance dated 13 April 1776. [32] Other sources mention the 1778 approval of a protected area on then-Khan Uul, a mountain previous protected by local nomads for centuries in Mongolia, by then-ruling Qing China Tenger Tetgegch Khaan ...
Łężczok nature reserve (known as Łężczak until 2015) [1] is a water nature reserve located in the Silesian Voivodeship, Racibórz County, situated between Racibórz, Nędza, Zawada Książęca, and Babice. It is part of the Rudy Landscape Park. The reserve is home to a rich variety of fauna and flora, including over half of the bird ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A lake at the RSPB West Sedgemoor nature reserve in Somerset. This is a list of RSPB reserves. England. A