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English: Map of preserved areas on Svalbard, Norway. National parks in green; nature reserves in purple; geotope protect areas in orange; bird sanctuaries with a bird icon; seas in blue and islands in black. The map is created partially based on output from OpenStreetMap.
Map of protected areas of Svalbard. National parks in green, Nature reserves in purple, geotope protection areas in orange, bird sanctuaries with a bird icon, islands in black. There are twenty-nine preserved natural areas, consisting of seven national parks , six nature reserves , fifteen bird sanctuaries and one geotope protected area. [ 3 ]
The foundation for conservation was established in the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, and has been further specified in the Svalbard Environmental Act of 2001. [4] The first round of protection took force on 1 July 1973, when most of the current protected areas came into effect. This included the two large nature reserves and three of the national parks.
An enlargeable basic map of Svalbard. Pronunciation: English: / ˈ s v ɑː l b ɑːr / SVAHL-bar, [2] Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr] Common English country name: Svalbard; Official English country name: Svalbard of the Kingdom of Norway; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Svalbard
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