Wonderful Earth - National Parks in Niger

• published: 09 Aug 2015
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Thanks for watching.... Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%AFr_and_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9_Addax_Sanctuary Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%AFr_and_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9_National_Nature_Reserve Dosso Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosso_Reserve Gadabedji Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadabedji_Reserve Tadres Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadres_Reserve Tamou Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamou_Reserve Termit Massif Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termit_Massif_Reserve W National Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_National_Park Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Niger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:National_parks_of_Niger Music: Mumbai Effect,Jingle Punks; YouTube Audio Library A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of wild nature for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas. While this type of national park had been proposed previously, the United States established the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. Some would say that the first official national park to be designated as such at its creation was Mackinac Island, legislated in 1875. Australia's Royal National Park, established in 1879, was the world's third official national park. In 1895 ownership of Mackinac Island was transferred to the State of Michigan as a state park and national park status was consequently lost. As a result Australia's Royal National Park is by some considerations the second oldest national park now in existence. The largest national park in the world meeting the IUCN definition is the Northeast Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006. IUCN is still discussing the parameters of defining a national park. National parks are almost always open to visitors. Most national parks provide outdoor recreation and camping opportunities as well as classes designed to educate the public on the importance of conservation and the natural wonders of the land in which the national park is located. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_park