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Protected areas include national parks and reserves.

What is a national park?

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:

An area set aside by a national government for the preservation of its natural environment. Most national parks are kept in their natural state.

Geography Dictionary:

An area less affected by human exploitation and occupation, with sites of particular scenic or scientific interest, which is protected by a national authority.

Wikipedia:

A national park is a reserve of natural or semi-natural land, declared or owned by a government, set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, animal and environmental protection and restricted from most development.

Советский энциклопедический словарь:

Территория (акватория), на которой охраняются ландшафты и уникальные объекты природы.

A National Park is 'national' because of the special value the area has for the whole nation. This value derives from their outstanding beauty, the recreation opportunities provided, and the special interaction between humans and nature that they represent.

What is a nature (natural) reserve?

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

A natural reserve is an area of land which is protected in order to keep safe the animals and plants that live there, often because they are rare.

Collins Dictionary

An area of land that is protected and managed in order to preserve a particular type of habitat and its flora and fauna which are often rare or endangered.

Советский энциклопедический словарь

Участок земли либо водной поверхности, на котором имеются природные объекты особой научной или культурной ценности. В заповеднике запрещается всякая деятельность, нарушающая природные комплексы или угрожающая их сохранению.

- Have you ever been to a national park or a reserve?