Parc naturel régional de Camargue
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The Parc naturel régional de Camargue is a protected area which was designated in 1970 along the shoreline of the Camargue, France.{{cite book
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| title=Provence and the Côte D'Azur
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The park protects a wetland environment and an adjacent marine area. The boundaries of the park have been expanded to include a lagoon called the Étang de Vaccarès.
The Camargue is also the site of a national nature reserve, and has been designated by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.[http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=FRA+03 Biosphere reserve information]
Twinning
The park is twinned with a Spanish wetland, the Doñana National Park at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. The two parks share a number of characteristics including significance for bird-life and semi-feral horses, and proximity to a pilgrimage site (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and the Hermitage of El Rocío).{{in lang|es}}
[http://noticias.terra.es/2008/local/0502/actualidad/el-hermanamiento-del-espacio-natural-de-donana-y-la-camarga-francesa-permitira-compartir-proyectos-de-gestion.aspx El hermanamiento del Espacio Natural de Doñana y la Camarga francesa] Article on the twinning
In 1992, the site was formally twinned with the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Ramsar site by an agreement between the governments of Romania and France. Ramsar site no. 521.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314183845/http://www.parc-camargue.fr/English/index.php?callback=loadcpage&page_id=333 Camargue, a delta and its people].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080417112025/http://www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.tm.fr/fr/decouvrir/parcs.asp?op=parcs-identite&id=7 Parcs naturels régionaux de France, Camargue]
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