ENVS2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: List Of National Parks Of The United States, Ecotourism, International Union For Conservation Of Nature
29 Jun 2016
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~recreation: attempts to construct a new biological community on a severely disturbed site. May be modeled on what we think was there before human interruption. Parks and nature preserves history and park origins - most biologically productive land in private hands. Early parks were for higher classes to hunt and for royal recreation. Olmstead designed central park then left and became commissioner of. Grant made first national parks, yellowstone and yosemite. Many other places designated national parks to save wild nature and places with scenic beauty and cultural importance. North american parks - mexico"s parks smaller than neighbors but encompass more diversity. Us national parks encompass 280000 km2 w/ 376 different parks. Most visited parks are recreational; the best are the unspoiled ones. Alaska lands act double the area of the park system. Canada has 150000 km2 w/1471 parks - some canadian parks allow hunting, logging, mining and environmental manipulation.
