Protected areas established in 1997

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Chapters: Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1997, Dooragan National Park, Chaelundi National Park, Mount Royal National Park, South East Forest National Park, Djukbinj National Park, Fortis Creek National Park, Bellinger River National Park, Nymboi-Binderay National Park, Richmond Range National Park, South Bruny National Park, Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Dunggir National Park, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Lorentz National Park, Poloniny National Park, Minneriya National Park, Masoala National Park, Manusela National Park, Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, Talampaya National Park, Wookey railway station, Andohahela National Park, Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs, Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands SSSI, Barle Valley, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, Lower Oder Valley National Park, Route 66 State Park, Muránska planina National Park, Kemeri National Park, Körös-Maros National Park, Fragas do Eume, River Line, Asinara National Park, Flói Nature Reserve, Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, Pacheco State Park, Sila National Park, Court Hill, Pedra da Risca do Meio State Marine Park, Kennet Valley Alderwoods, Heath Hill Farm, Carr Creek State Park, Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI, Red River State Recreation Area, El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area, French Island National Park, San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area, Lulsgate Quarry, St. Catherine's Valley, Rivière-Rouge Ecological Reserve, Wootton Bassett Mud Spring, Corton Cutting, Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows, Lower Lusatian Ridge Nature Park, Uckermark Lakes Nature Park. Excerpt: Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is a natural park in southeastern Spain, near the city of Almería. It is the largest terrestrial-maritime reserve in the European Western Mediterranean Sea, covering 460 km² including the town of Carboneras, the mountain range of Sierra de Cabo de Gata, and 120 km² of the sea as a part of a Marine reserve. It is of volcanic origin and is centred around the Cabo de Gata headland. Its climate is semiarid to the extent of being the driest location in Europe. In 1997 it was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. In 2001 it was included among the Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance. In 2010 it was proposed as a dump for nuclear waste. Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is characterised by volcanic rock formations - lava flows, volcanic domes, volcanic calderas. The park joined UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network in 2006, and is also a member of the European Geoparks Network. Between the village of San Miguel and the Cabo de Gata point are salt flats (Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata) separated from the sea by a 400 m (0.24 mi) sand bar. The salt flats are a Ramsar site. Its coasts have seagrass beds of the Posidonia genus and offshore coral reefs, both dramatically increasing the numbers of resident and transient marine species. 120 km² of the total designated protected area are a Marine reserve, extending underwater to a depth of 60 metres (197 ft). Volcanic rock-formations at Playa de MónsulThe area is semi-arid, the average temperature is 18 °C and it has the lowest rainfall in the Ib...