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A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. Nature reserves may be designated by government institutions in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, or by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions, regardless of nationality.In New Zealand a number of separate distinctions are made for the term nature reserves. Wilderness areas, National Parks, scenic reserves, scientific reserves and forest parks are all types of nature reserves with varying degrees of protection.
See also
- National Nature Reserves in the United Kingdom
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves (UK)
- List of national parks of New ZealandNational Park, New Zealand is a Railway station and village near Tongariro National Park. The Department of Conservation administers the majority of the publicly owned land in New Zealand that is protected for scenic, scientific, historic and cultural rea
- United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. It began as the U. Commission on Fish and Fisheries in the United States Department of Commerce an
- National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. National Wildlife Refuge system is a network of lands and waters managed to protect wildlife and wildlife ha
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