Nature reserve Facts for Kids

Baikal Reserve, Russia

A nature reserve (preserve or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area where wildlife, flora (plants) and fauna (animals), are left undisturbed. They may also protect geological features or other special interests. Reverves can also provide special opportunities for study or research. Nature reserves may be run by government institutions in some countries. They can also be created or run by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions, regardless of nationality. Nature reserves fall into different IUCN categories depending on the level of protection given by local laws.

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The Bee Lick Creek, of the Jefferson Memorial Forest, was designated as a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge.
Charles Waterton established the first nature reserve in 1821.
Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)
A forest of the Aulanko Reserve in Hämeenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland
A bridged stone river in Bistrishko Branishte, an early Bulgarian nature reserve established in 1934.
The Tarvasjõgi river at Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve in Estonia
Nature reserve near Budapest, next to Lake Naplás
Path on Szczeliniec Wielki, a famous nature reserve in the Stołowe Mountains in SW Poland
The Limmatspitz nature reserve of Pro Natura
Dena, a biosphere reserve in Iran
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand
Peñas Blancas, part of the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is the second largest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere, after the Amazonian Rainforest in Brazil. Located northeast of the city of Jinotega in Northeastern Nicaragua.
South Ural Nature Reserve in Russia
Cascade Head, Oregon, United States, is a UNESCO biosphere reserve

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