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This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. [1]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
This is a list of protected areas in Bulgaria which includes 3 national parks, 11 nature parks and 55 nature reserves. [1] The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Water. The first nature park in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula is Vitosha Nature Park, established ...
A National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA) is an environmentally protected area in Laos.There are all together 21 different NBCAs in Laos, protecting 29,775 square kilometers. [1]
Bokeo Nature Reserve is located in Bokeo Province, Laos. The protected area was created to protect its population of the black-cheeked gibbon , discovered in 1997 which was previously thought to be extinct. [ 1 ]
The area covered by the reserve is 136,000 hectares (336,000 acres), including 66,000 hectares (163,000 acres) in Bokeo province and 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) in Luang Namtha province where critically endangered species of western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) is the primary protected species. According to a preliminary survey ...
The Langebaan Lagoon, a Ramsar site, was proclaimed as a marine reserve in 1973. Concerns over the condition of the Langebaan Lagoon and neighbouring Saldanha Bay led to a proposal in 1976 that the Langebaan Lagoon, the peninsula, the offshore islands and the surrounding land urgently be proclaimed as a nature reserve.
Rakhine Yoma Elephant Reserve in Rakhine State, 1,755.7 km 2 (677.9 sq mi) [32] Shwesettaw Wildlife Reserve in Magwe Region, 464.09 km 2 (179.19 sq mi) [33] Shwe-U-Daung Wildlife Sanctuary; Thamihla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary in Ayeyarwady Region, 0.88 km 2 (0.34 sq mi) [34] Tanintharyi Nature Reserve in the Tenasserim Hills, 1,699.99 km 2 (656.37 ...
In 1935, the "National Nature Reserve of Burabay" was organized. In 1951, the nature reserve was dissolved, replaced by the Burabay Forest. The governmental motion N° 787 of May 6, 1997, transformed the Forest of Burabay into the "Natural and Well-being Complex of the Forest of Burabay", managed by the State.