Nature reserve

Baikal Reserve, Russia

A nature reserve (preserve or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area. It protects wildlife, flora (plants) and fauna (animals).^[1] Reserves may also protect geological features or other special interests. A nature reserve is land that is kept for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

Nature reserves can be created by government institutions. They can also be created by private landowners, such as charities and research institutions, regardless of nationality. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an organization that helps countries and others with conservation programs and management.^[2]

Nature Reserve Media

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) from Rhöndorf
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