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Yellowstone National Park in the United States was the first national park in the world. [1] [2]This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Penang National Park is the first protected area legally gazetted under Malaysia's National Park Act of 1980, signifying the state and federal governments' environmental protection efforts. It was established to preserve flora and fauna as well as objects with geological, archaeological , historical, ethnological , scientific, and scenic interests.
Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus [5] Azerbaijan: Karabakh horse (national horse) Equus caballus [6] Bahamas: Blue marlin (national fish) Makaira nigricans [7] Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis ...
Meru Betiri National Park is a national park in the province of East Java, Indonesia, extending over an area of 580 km 2 of which a small part is marine (8.45 km 2). [2] The beaches of the park provide nesting grounds for endangered turtle species such as leatherback turtles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, and olive ridley turtles.
Lorentz National Park was established in 1997, with a total area of 25,056 km 2, including an eastern extension and coastal and marine areas. [5] Lorentz National Park was listed as a natural World Heritage Site in 1999, however an area of about 1,500 km 2 was excluded from listing due to the presence of mining exploration titles within the ...
The National Zoo (Malay: Zoo Negara) is a Malaysian zoo located on 110 acres (45 ha) of land in Ulu Klang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It was officially opened on November 14, 1963, by the country's first prime minister , Tunku Abdul Rahman . [ 5 ]
The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km 2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km 2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km 2). [8] The national parks set a visitation record in 2021, with more than 92 million visitors. [9]
The German nature parks come together in the Association of German Nature Parks. In Germany today there are 101 nature parks (as at: March 2009), that occupy some 25% of the land area. They are an important building block for nature conservation and help to preserve the sites of natural beauty, cultural landscapes, rare species and biotopes and ...