natural reserves
Protected land resources
Natural reserves are areas of land or water set aside and protected from development to preserve their ecosystems, wildlife, or natural features.
The term overlaps with nature reserves, wildlife reserves, and preserves, though specific designations vary by country and managing authority: The wetlands were declared a natural reserve to protect migratory bird habitats.
Natural reserves may also refer to a nation's untapped natural resources—oil, minerals, timber—held in reserve for future use.
- hiking trailsRecreational walking routes outdoors
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- endemic speciesLife found nowhere else
- eco-tourismConservation-minded nature trips
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
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- Interior DepartmentBLM, National Park Service, NPS, USGS, public lands
- Levant ecologyflora, fauna, native plants, native species, Mediterranean climate
- JordanAmman, Petra, Dead Sea, Hashemite, Jordan River
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- African wildlifeelephant, African elephant, lion, hippo, elephants
- Arabian ecologycamels, desert ecosystem, desert plants, dunes, gazelles
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