Editing National park (section)

===International growth of national parks===
[[File:Andhika bayu nugraha-taman nasional bromo tengger semeru.jpg|thumb|[[Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park]], [[East Java]], [[Indonesia]]]]
[[File:Late Afternoon at North & South Era.jpg|thumb|[[Royal National Park]], [[New South Wales]], Australia]]
The first area to use "national park" in its creation legislation was the U.S.'s [[Mackinac National Park]], in 1875. (The area was later transferred to the state's authority in 1895, thus losing its official "national park" status.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mackinac Island|url=http://www.michigan.gov/mshda/0,4641,7-141-54317_19320_61909_61927-54596--,00.html|website=Michigan State Housing Development Authority|access-date=9 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141143/https://michigan.gov/mshda/0,4641,7-141-54317_19320_61909_61927-54596--,00.html|archive-date=5 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Kim Allen Scott, 2011 "Robertson's Echo The Conservation Ethic in the Establishment of Yellowstone and Royal National Parks" Yellowstone Science 19:3</ref>)

Following the idea established in Yellowstone and Mackinac, there soon followed parks in other nations. In Australia, what is now [[Royal National Park]] was established just south of [[Sydney]], [[Colony of New South Wales]], on 26 April 1879, becoming the world's second official national park.<ref>{{cite web|title=1879: Australia's first national park created|url=http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/first_national_park|website=National Museum of Australia|access-date=9 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023110/http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/first_national_park|archive-date=28 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since Mackinac lost its national park status, the Royal National Park is, by some considerations, the second oldest national park now in existence.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pinkava.asu.edu/starcentral/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=getcollection&collectionID=127 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102063535/http://pinkava.asu.edu/starcentral/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=getcollection&collectionID=127 | archive-date=2 November 2014 | title=Audley Bottom | publisher=Pinkava.asu.edu | access-date=3 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>Rodney Harrison, 2012 "Heritage: Critical approaches" Routledge</ref>
[[File:Bergtocht van Peio Paese naar Lago Covel (1,839 m) in het Nationaal park Stelvio (Italië). Lago Covel (1,839 m).jpg|thumb|Lago Covel in the [[Stelvio National Park]], [[Italy]]]]
[[Banff National Park]] became Canada's first national park in 1885. New Zealand established [[Tongariro National Park]] in 1887. Argentina became the third country in the Americas to create a national park system, with the creation of the [[Nahuel Huapi National Park]] in 1934, through the initiative of [[Francisco Moreno]].
[[File:Lapporten 2.jpg|thumb|[[Abisko National Park]], Sweden, one of the first national parks established in Europe]]
In Europe, the first national parks were a set of nine in [[Sweden]] in 1909, following the passing of a Riksdag law on national parks that year. Switzerland became the second European nation with the founding of the [[Swiss National Park]] in 1914. In 1971, [[Lahemaa National Park]] in [[Estonian SSR]] became the first area to be designated a national park in the former [[Soviet Union]].
[[File:Valley of Desolation - South Africa (2417725127).jpg|thumb|Valley of Desolation in the [[Camdeboo National Park]], South Africa]]
Africa's first national park was established in 1925 when king [[Albert I of Belgium]] designated an area in the east of what was then his personal domain of [[Congo Free State]], now [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] as the [[Albert National Park]], later renamed [[Virunga National Park]]. In 1926, the government of South Africa designated [[Kruger National Park]] as the nation's first national park, although it was an expansion and reorganization of the earlier government protected Sabie Game Reserve, established in 1898 by President [[Paul Kruger]] of the old [[South African Republic]].

After [[World War II]], national parks were founded all over the world.  The [[United Kingdom]] designated its first national park, [[Peak District National Park]], in 1951. This followed perhaps 70 years of pressure for greater public access to the landscape. By the end of the decade a further nine national parks had been designated in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/learning-about/about-the-national-park/our-history|title=History of our National Park|website=Peak District National Park|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714041006/https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/learning-about/about-the-national-park/our-history|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Europe has some 359 national parks as of 2010.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} The [[Vanoise National Park]] in the Alps was the first French national park, created in 1963 after public mobilization against a [[tourism|touristic project]].
[[File:Viru raba enne päikesetõusu.jpg|thumb|[[Viru Bog]] in the Lahemaa National Park, Estonia, before sunrise]]In 1973, [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] was classified as a National Park and was opened to public access in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privatekilimanjaro.com/about_kilimanjaro_park.asp|title=Kilimanjaro: The National Park|work=Private Kilimanjaro: About Kilimanjaro|publisher=Private Expeditions, Ltd.|year=2011|access-date=24 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017152135/http://privatekilimanjaro.com/about_kilimanjaro_park.asp|archive-date=17 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>[[File:Ranthambore National Park.JPG|thumb|[[Ranthambore National Park]] In Rajasthan, India]]In 1989, the [[Qomolangma National Nature Preserve]] (QNNP) was created to protect 3.381&nbsp;million hectares on the north slope of [[Mount Everest]] in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of China. This national park is the first major global park to have no separate warden and protection staff—all of its management consists of existing local authorities, allowing a lower cost basis and a larger geographical coverage (in 1989 when created, it was the largest protected area in Asia). It includes four of the six tallest mountains in the world: [[Everest]], [[Lhotse]], [[Makalu]], and [[Cho Oyu]]. The QNNP is contiguous to four Nepali national parks, creating a transnational conservation area equal in size to Switzerland.<ref>Daniel C. Taylor, Carl E. Taylor, Jesse O. Taylor, ''Empowerment on an Unstable Planet'' New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, Chapter 9</ref>

In 1993, the [[Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park]] was established in [[Jamaica]] to conserve and protect 41,198 hectares, including tropical montane rainforest and adjacent buffer areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The National Park - Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park |url=https://www.blueandjohncrowmountains.org/about |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.blueandjohncrowmountains.org}}</ref> The site includes Jamaica's tallest peak ([[Blue Mountain Peak]]), hiking trails and a visitor center. The Park was also designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=Blue and John Crow Mountains |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1356/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref>