A wildlife sanctuary is a territory that has been allocated to restore or preserve wildlife and maintain ecological balance. They are organized in those places and when there is no need to withdraw from the economic use of the entire natural complex, and to ensure the conservation of fauna and flora, it is enough to limit the use of certain resources.
Creation goals
The reserve is a zone that is protected by the state. The main objectives of the creation are:
- Protection of natural complexes and their preservation in its original form.
- Preservation of the ecological balance and natural resources.
Depending on the destination, there are various types of reserves. They can be recreational, landscape, geological, biological, hydrological and others. What is the meaning of the word "reserve"? According to the explanatory dictionary of Efremova, it means a site within which, under state protection, there are individual or all types of flora, fauna and other objects.
Landscapes
A landscape reserve is a protected area that is created to restore or preserve especially valuable or reference natural complexes and landscapes. In terms of goals and objectives, as well as legal status, they are similar to nature reserves. However, there are differences. The reserve is not a closed zone. There are no strict restrictions on the presence of people and their use of the resources of the territory.
Recreational Reserves
A recreational reserve is a territory that in its regime is very close to national parks. The main differences between them are in tasks and area. Recreational reserves, as a rule, do not occupy large areas. They are a place for tourism and recreation.
Biological reserves
A biological reserve is created with the aim of preserving or renewing exclusively the animal and plant world, endangered and simply rare fauna and flora. Often such territories are created for scientific purposes. These include hunting reserves.
Hydrological reserves
This type forms a large group. These are river, swamp, lake and other reserves. They are created in order to preserve the natural state of unique natural complexes and water bodies, as well as swamp massifs. In these areas it is forbidden to extract minerals and conduct other types of work that may affect the hydrological regime.
Paleontological reserves
This type is created in order to preserve and protect from vandals the places where fossils of fossil flora and fauna were found, as well as other objects of this kind of great scientific importance.
Geological reserves
These protected areas are created in order to preserve valuable complexes and objects of inanimate nature. These can be unique landforms, deposits of rare minerals, as well as other geological formations.
Permanent and temporary reserves
There are two types of reserves. Some function on an ongoing basis, while others are created temporarily. Depending on the scientific and environmental value, these protected areas may have different government statuses. As a rule, these are nature reserves of local and republican significance. The main difference between these formations from reserves is that the territory is not subject to seizure from previous land users. It is only indicated by informational and warning labels, signs that show its boundaries. In this area, plowing of land, grazing of cattle, land reclamation, the use of chemicals and other activities incompatible with the objectives of the reserve may be prohibited.