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The preservation of traditional animal migration patterns, ensuring sufficient food and water sources for population growth, are the primary reason for the creation of peace parks. Peace parks however also encourage tourism, economic development and goodwill between neighbouring countries, as well as facilitating travel of indigenous inhabitants of the area.
The Peace Parks Foundation was set up by the WWF and Dr Anton Rupert in February 1997 to encourage and facilitate the establishment of TCFAs, and is actively supported by Dr Nelson Mandela. The following is a list of established and proposed (with significant progress made toward completion) TFCAs coordinated by the foundation with their years of establishment:
* - The official name has not yet been decided upon.
The best known of these is the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. It links national parks in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and covers an area of 35,000km², including the famous Kruger National ParkKruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. It is roughly the same size and shape as Israel and Wales. It extends 300km from North to South. The park is named after Paul Kruger. It is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park and.
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace ParkThe Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Glacier National Park in the United States and the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. Both parks are declared Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Herita across the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in/ CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe border is the world's first "International Peace Park", formed by the merger of the Waterton LakesWaterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the extreme southwest corner of Alberta, Canada and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton Lakes NP was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake and GlacierGlacier Designation National Park Location Montana USA Nearest Cities Great Falls, Montana Lethbridge, Alberta Latitude 37° 48° 48' N Longitude 144° 114° 00' W Area 1,013,572 acres 410,178 ha Date of Establishment May 11, 1910 Visitation 1,864,822 (2002) National Parks in 1932. In contrast to other peace parks, the primary purpose of the union was to serve as a symbol of friendship and peace between the two countries.
Efforts are under way for a USA/ MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co international park with a similar purpose, joining the Big Bend National ParkBig Bend Designation National Park Location Texas USA Nearest City El Paso, Texas Latitude 29° 15' N Longitude 103° 15' W Area 801,163 acres324,219 ha Date of Establishment June 12, 1944 Visitation 306,641 (2003) Governing Body National Park Service IUCN in the US with the Maderas del Carmen and Cañon de Santa Elena protected areas in Mexico, as well as a USA/ Russia international park in the Bering Strait, highlighting the shared heritage of Russians and Americans of the area.
Acting under the recommendation of UNESCO, the governments of Costa Rica and Panama declared the La Amistad National Park an international park in 1988.
Numerous other peace parks have been proposed throughout the world, such as in the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea. However, cooperation between countries, such as in the European Union is reducing the need for the establishment of such parks.