Peace parks Peace parks The International Peace Garden is a 3.65 mile² (9.46 km²) park located on the North Dakota/ Manitoba border, which is also the U.S./ Canada border. Established in 1932, the park plants over 150,000 flowers each year. Main features of the garden include a 18 foot (5.5 m) floral clock display, fountains, a carillon, and twin 120 foot (37 m) concrete towers straddling the border, with a peace chapel at their base. The chapel walls contain peace related quotes from famous people on the walls. Some building remains of the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001 have been placed in part of the garden. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Peace Garden"
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. The total area of the park is 38000 km² (14,668 mi²). Approximately three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park"
Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area born out of the peace park’s vision to establish a network of transfrontier conservation areas in Africa. It straddles the border between South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, southern Mozambique and Swaziland. It measures 4 195 km² (, of which 2,783 km² (66%) is in Mozambique, 1,095 km² (26%) is in South Africa and 317 km² (8%) is in Swaziland. It is situated on a low-lying coastal plain between the Lebombo Mountains in the west and the Indian Ocean in the east. The area offers a unique combination of big-game country, extensive wetlands and some of the most beautiful and pristine coastal areas in the world. It links the Maputo Elephant Reserve in Mozambique through the Futi Corridor and the Lubombo Conservancy in Swaziland to the Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa, creating the first major elephant stronghold along Africa's eastern coastline. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area"
Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area was established on 11 June 2001 by linking the Sehlaba-Thebe National Park in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Natal Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This 300 km long Peace park covers about 8 113 km², made up of 5 170 km² (64%) in Lesotho and 2 943 km² (36%) in KwaZulu-Natal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area"
The Parque Internacional La Amistad is an international peace park in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica and Panama, following a recommendation by UNESCO after the park's inclusion in the World Heritage Site list. ...more on Wikipedia about "Parque Internacional La Amistad"
Peace Arch Park is a park straddling the International Boundary between the United States and Canada at its extreme western end (disregarding Point Roberts). It is notable for the Peace Arch. The northern portion is about 9 hectares and is managed by the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. The southern portion is about 20 acres (81,000 m²) and is managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peace Arch Park"
A Transboundary Protected Area is a protected area that spans across boundaries of multiple countries, where the political border sections that are enclosed within its area are abolished. This includes removal of all forms of physical boundaries, such as fences, allowing free migration of animals and humans within the area. A boundary around the area may however be maintained to prevent unauthorised border crossing. Such areas are also known by terms such as Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) or Peace Parks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peace park" shortopedia - now!
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie, near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry won the greatest naval battle of the War of 1812. ...more on Wikipedia about "Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial"
Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the Roosevelt summer retreat where, in August 1921, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with poliomyelitis at the age of 39. The park occupies most of the southern end of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roosevelt Campobello International Park"
Saint Croix Island, or Dochet Island as it is called today, is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the International Boundary separating Maine from New Brunswick. ...more on Wikipedia about "Saint Croix Island, Maine"
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Glacier National Park in the United States and the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. Both parks are declared Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park"
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