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A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. [1]
A tract of land declared public property by a national government with a view to its preservation and development for purposes of recreation and culture. [2]
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This protection is limited in England and Wales by the need for farmland, forestry, and other commercial uses, but there are fairly strict controls on development. [2]
The painter George Catlin, in his travels through the American West, wrote in 1832 that the Native Americans in the United States might be preserved “by some great protecting policy of government. [1]
The first National Park was Yellowstone, designated in 1872 by the US Congress, and now all but the very smallest of West European states have National Parks, although the percentage of land area covered ranges from 1.44% of the Netherlands to 0.07% of Denmark. [2]
In 1969 the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) declared a national park to be a relatively large area with particular defining characteristics. [1]
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The first effort by any government to set aside such protected lands was in the United States, on April 20, 1832, when President Andrew Jackson signed legislation to set aside four sections of land around what is now Hot Springs, Arkansas to protect the natural, thermal springs and adjoining mountainsides for the future disposal of the US government. [...] When news of the natural wonders of the Yellowstone were first promulgated, the land was part of a federally governed territory. [1]
Businessman Stephen Mather and his journalist partner Robert Sterling Yard pushed hardest for the creation of the NPS, writing then-Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane about such a need and spearheading a large publicity campaign for their movement. [2]
According to The World Conservation Union IUCN, there are now 6,555 national parks worldwide (2006 figure). [...] It took the combined effort and interest of conservationists, politicians and especially businesses’namely, the Northern Pacific Railroad, whose route through Montana would greatly benefit by the creation of this new tourist attraction’to ensure the passage of that landmark enabling legislation by the United States Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. [1]
New roads can be hidden under cut-and-cover tunnels or within cuttings, camping and caravan sites can be hidden behind trees, and new buildings should be made of the same stone and to the same design as were traditionally used. [2]
Sources:
[1] National park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] national park: Definition from Answers.com
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