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 An elephant safari through the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India |
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. It is most commonly a natural park. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently (for example, see Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the United States), 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 ideas for this type of national park had been suggested previously, the United States established the first such one, Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. 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, there were 6,555 national parks worldwide in 2006 that meet its criteria.
- Related: Parks Canada, Conservation movement, Federal lands, Fossil park, National Park Service, National Park Foundation, International Park, Outdoor exploration, National Forest, Sustainable development, Provincial park, National Park Travelers Club
| Protected Planet – World Database of Protected Are... Protected Planet – World Database of Protected Areas www.protectedplanet.net - Web |
| UNESCO — Man and the Biosphere Programme (Bio... UNESCO — Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biosphere Reserves) www.unesco.org/mab/ - Web |
| World Heritage Sites World Heritage Sites whc.unesco.org - Web |
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| A-Z of Areas of Biodiversity Importance: National ... A-Z of Areas of Biodiversity Importance: National Parks www.biodiversitya-z.org/areas/37/ - Web |
| UN Protected Areas database UN Protected Areas database sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/ - Web |
| EUROPARC Federation — Europe's protected area... EUROPARC Federation — Europe's protected areas www.europarc.org - Web |
| European National Parks Centre (ENPC) European National Parks Centre (ENPC) nationalparks.wikia.com/wiki/European_National_Parks_Centre - Web |
| National Park of China National Park of China www.nationalparkofchina.com - Web |
| National Parks Worldwide National Parks Worldwide www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pnp/swiat.htm - Web |
| Vietnam National Parks Vietnam National Parks www.vietnamnationalparks.org - Web |
| Pictures of European national parks Pictures of European national parks www.parkinarodowe.net - Web |
