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Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) are geographical regions that have been determined to be of international importance in terms of biodiversity conservation, using globally standardized criteria published by the IUCN as part of a collaboration between scientists, conservation groups, and government bodies across the world. [1]
The Maya Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera Maya) is a nature reserve in Guatemala managed by Guatemala's National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP). The Maya Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 21,602 km 2 , one-fifth of the country's total land area.
A lake at the RSPB West Sedgemoor nature reserve in Somerset. This is a list of RSPB reserves. England. A. Adur Estuary, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex [1]
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. [1] The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom. [2] This is explained by the site being on migration routes as well as the diversity of habitats.
Shell Key Preserve is an 1,800-acre preserve located on Shell Key in Tierra Verde, Pinellas County in the U.S. state of Florida. The preserve protects sensitive marine habitats and includes one of the county's largest undeveloped barrier islands as well as numerous mangrove islands and expansive sea grass beds.
The area of the elephant reserve is 414.06 km 2 (159.87 sq mi) and adjoining 1,436 km 2 (554 sq mi) area is also declared as 'Zone of Influence'. The elephant population in MER increased from 47 in 1987 to 118 in 2010. [1] The reserve is declared on 24 October 2002 by the Government of West Bengal. [2] [3] [4]
The Laohu Valley Reserve was created in 2002 out of 17 defunct sheep farms, [3] [4] [5] and efforts to return the overgrazed land to natural status are ongoing. The South China tigers at LVR for rewinding are kept confined to a tiger-proof camp complex of roughly 1.8 square kilometers, with other areas of the reserve being used to protect native South African species.
Okonjima (Herero: place of the baboons) is a nature reserve located 50 km (31 mi) from Otjiwarongo in the Omboroko Mountains of Namibia. Okonjima Nature Reserve is home to the Africat Foundation, a non-profit organisation for the long-term conservation of Namibia's large carnivores and other endangered species. [1]