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nature reserve Areas allocated to preserve and protect certain animals and plants, or both. They differ from national park, which are largely a place for public recreation, because they are provided exclusively to protect species for their own sake. Endangered species are increasingly being kept in nature reserves to prevent them from extinction, particularly in India, Indonesia and some African countries. Natural reserves were used once to preserve the animals that landowners hunted, but, in the 19th century, they became places where animals were kept to prevent them from dying out. Special refuges and sanctuaries are also often designated to protect certain species or groups of wild animals or plants, especially if their numbers and distribution have been significantly reduced. They also serve as a place for more plentiful species to rest, breed or winter. Many parts of the world also have marine and aquatic reserves to protect different species of sea or freshwater plant and animal life (被分配的用于维护并且保护某种动植物的地区。它们不同于国家公园，国家公园基本上是公共娱乐的一个地方，而自然保护区是专门提供的物种保护地。濒危物种正越来越被放在自然保护区以防止其灭绝，特别是在印度、印度尼西亚和一些非洲国家。自然保护区曾经被用来防止土地所有人狩猎，但是，在19世纪，变成防止动物消失的地方。特别避难处和庇护所也经常被指定来保护某些物种或者野生动植物群，特别是如果它们的数量和分布已经明显减少时。它们也成为更多的物种休养、繁殖或过冬场所。世界上许多地方也有海洋和水生物保护区来保护不同的海洋或淡水动植物物种。) |
