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Polokwane Game Reserve, formerly Pietersburg Nature Reserve, [1] is situated near Polokwane in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is 2800 ha in size, [1] making it one of the largest municipal game reserves in South Africa. [2] The reserve entrance is near its northern limit, about 1 km south of the N1 freeway. It is accessed via Silicon ...
The Ranch Resort is 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Pretoria, the Republic of South Africa's capital city, and 24.5 kilometres (15.2 mi) south of Polokwane, the capital of Limpopo Province. It is situated between the South African National Highway N1 and the R101 – with entrances to The Ranch Resort from both roads.
Nwanedi Provincial Park, is a protected area in the northern part of the Limpopo province of South Africa.It is located about 20 km east of Tshipise and 35 km north of Thohoyandou, to the west of Kruger National Park.
It begins by going southwards as Kerk Street to form a junction with the Polokwane Eastern Bypass (N1 national route) and become the western border of the Polokwane Game Reserve. [1] The R37 heads southwards for 30 kilometres as the Chuniespoort Pass to meet the northern terminus of the R579 road.
A game reserve (also known as a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals are hunted in a controlled way for sport. [1] If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; however, the focus of a game reserve is specifically the animals , whereas a nature reserve is also, if not equally, concerned with all ...
National parks are the oldest type of protected area in Brazil. National parks are very important for our rainforest and other areas. Their goal is to preserve ecosystems of great ecological importance and scenic beauty, and to support scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation and eco-tourism through contact with nature.
Protected areas are subject to reduction, reclassification or declassification (RRD). Between 1981 and 2010 an area of 45,000,000 hectares (110,000,000 acres) was downgraded or lost in this way, with almost 70% of cases occurring since 2008.
The Adolfo Ducke Botanical Garden was founded on October 24, 2000. Occupying 5% of the Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve, it has 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) distributed in a strip 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long along the southern edge and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) along the western edge of the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve. [1]