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The Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) was an autonomous agency of the Zambian Government established to manage and conserve Zambia’s wildlife estate comprising 20 National Parks, 36 Game Management Areas and one bird sanctuary, which cover 31 percent of the country’s land mass. It was established in 1999 under the Zambia Wildlife Act ...
The national parks are administered by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, an autonomous body responsible to the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources. This Authority took over from the former National Parks and Wildlife Service which suffered from chronic underfunding.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2 ), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2 ).
The country's first designated wildlife reserve. Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve: 22,000: 1996: The first reserve in the Gambia to be acknowledged as a wetland area worth of protection according to the Ramsar Convention. Kiang West National Park: 11,000: 1987: One of the largest and most important wildlife reserves in the Gambia. Niumi National Park ...
The Department of Parks and Wildlife had management responsibilities in: nature reserves (10,267,826 ha) 100 national parks (6,267,602 ha) Western Australia Parks and Wildlife National Park Ranger assessing public frequentation on a Metro Count Vehicle Classifier System, Warren National Park, Donnelly District, December 2014.
The then-Rhodesia's game section was originally formed in 1952 as a subsidiary of the Department of Mines, Lands and Surveys. This was the nucleus that became the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management in 1964. The Parks and Wildlife Act of 1975 established the agency. [1] It was a quintessential breakthrough for conservation. The ...
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is a directorate of the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment and responsible for managing more than 890 national parks and reserves, covering over 7.5 million hectares of land across the state of New South Wales, Australia. Despite its name the NPWS is a state government agency ...