A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments.
Why Natinal Parks were established:
The world's national parks were established to conserve biodiversity, protect wildlife and improve the environment, provide a sanctuary for animals that can't survive in the wild and to inspire generations to come. To date, there are 551 national parks in use.
Example : Aral Sea National Park
To achieve these goals, each national park is designed in accordance to its environment and the purpose for which it was created. An example of such a design is Aral Sea National Park which is located in the Azerbaijani region of Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea was polluted with industrial waste by a factory which employed mainly Uzbeks. The sea suffered a drastic decrease in its biodiversity and an increase in pollutants which seriously affected the normal functioning of the otters, otter breeding, otter hunting, otter habitat and otter reintroduction. The Aral Sea project successfully stopped the deterioration of the environmental conditions.
The project was implemented by the Uzbek government and international conservation organizations. It focused on the establishment of a nature sanctuary for the otters.
UNESCO in the 1980s First Acknowledged The Importance of Otters:
UNESCO in the 1980s was the first to acknowledge the importance of otters for the protection of the environment. To achieve this goal, the international conservation organizations involved in the project were the World Wildlife Fund, the World Conservation Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Center for International Forestry Research, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The Fund for the Republic of Tatarstan. This project protected otters, provided otter breeding and reintroduction, prevented the further deterioration of the sea's ecological and biological characteristics.
Wildlife Fund:
These projects clearly showed the benefits of the national parks and other protected areas for the improvement of the environment. The project protected otters, provided otter breeding and reintroduction, prevented the further deterioration of the environment. It stimulated eco-tourism. The implementation of the projects clearly showed the benefits of the protected areas and national parks for the conservation of wildlife. And the World Wildlife Fund in 1990s was the first to recognize the importance of otters for the protection of the environment. To achieve this goal, the World Wildlife Fund organized the very first World Wildlife Conference in Washington D.C. in 1972.
Wildlife Fund conference
"The success of this conference was an important step in securing the protection of wildlife. As a result of the World Wildlife Fund conference, the protection of wildlife became part of the agenda of many governments and wildlife organizations around the world. The projects protected otters, provided otter breeding and reintroduction, prevented the further deterioration of the environment and stimulated eco-tourism. All of these activities brought positive changes to the environment. To achieve this goal, the World Wildlife Fund organized the very first World Wildlife Conference in Washington D.C. in 1972.
Commercialization of Wildlife:
However, even today, protecting endangered species of wildlife remains a formidable task. The World Wildlife Fund's efforts to achieve their goal of the creation of legally binding targets and standards for the protection of wildlife is being hindered by opposition from the commercialization of wildlife. Even though the World Wildlife Fund initiated many projects to protect and reintroduce endangered wildlife, it was stopped due to pressure from the commercialization. The creation of targets and standards to prevent and control the commercialization of wildlife is one of the most important campaigns the World Wildlife Fund has been involved in. To achieve this goal, they organized the "WRI (World Wide Invasive Species Coalition)" to organize the campaign, the first global campaign to prevent the "importation of non-native species into regions where they do not naturally occur."
However, even now, the protection of endangered species of wildlife is being hampered by opposition by the commercialization of wildlife.
The creation of targets and standards to prevent the "importation of non-native species into regions where they do not naturally occur."
Broader Sense
In a broader sense, the creation of targets and standards to prevent the "importation of non-native species into regions where they do not naturally occur,". It will also prevent the invasive species from affecting and interfering with the ecosystem of the region. In the near future, it will be possible to guarantee the biological diversity of the environment to ensure the ecological balance. These standards will be effective not only in the United States, but worldwide.
International non-native species law is still under development and so far, no standards are in place. The World Wildlife Fund wants to be ready with the next generation of enforcement agents so that standards will be in place worldwide.
