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What is protected in national parks?

Park lands and waters provide protected places for threatened or endangered species to find food, raise their young, grow and rest. While National Park Service (NPS) scientists and managers work sustain and recover at-risk species populations, they need your help when you visit parks.



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An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), has defined National Park as its Category II type of protected areas. According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006.

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In addition to the obvious health and wellbeing benefits our national parks bring, they also assist us in less obvious ways, such as acting as natural buffers against extreme weather events, helping to control our climate, providing us with clean water, improving food security and serving as an important resource for ...

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Top 10 Issues Facing National Parks
  • Untold Stories. The term national park conjures up thoughts of big, natural landscapes like Grand Canyon and Yosemite. ...
  • Crumbling History. ...
  • Wildlife Management. ...
  • Foreign Invaders. ...
  • Adjacent Development. ...
  • Climate Change. ...
  • Water Issues. ...
  • Air Pollution.


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North America's largest national park: Sprawling across nearly half of the world's largest island, Northeast Greenland National Park is also the single largest national park and biggest land-based protected area on the planet.

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