Everglades National Park - United States of America

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Everglades National Park of the United States as a World Natural Heritage in 1979.

Everglades National Park - World Natural Heritage in America

Everglades National Park is located in South Florida . The park is considered to be the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Up to a quarter of the national park used to be a famous land in history and is home to many rare and precious species such as: American crocodile; Florida newspaper and East India manatee. The total area of ​​the garden is 6,105 km2, of which 20% of the original area is wetland.

Although the area was designated as the United States National Park from 1934 until December 6, 1957, the garden was officially established. On October 26, 1976, the garden was recognized as a world biosphere reserve . On November 10, 1978, most of the garden area was taken into the wilderness area. But it was not until 24 October 1979 that the Everglades National Park officially became the World Natural Heritage recognized by Unesco . Until 1993, this Natural Heritage was listed on the list of endangered World Heritage by Unesco. The garden was put on the heritage list threatened mainly by the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew. It was not until 14 years later, with the government's efforts and efforts, that the garden ecosystem was restored. Especially to restore the saltwater ecosystem here, the Garden Management Board as well as the city government had to rely on the support of many international experts as well as scientists and environmental protection associations. school in the world. In 2007, this Heritage has been removed from the list of endangered Heritage and a place with extremely diverse ecosystems to date.

Everglades National Park is located in southern Florida. The park has an area of ​​more than 5000 km2 which is home to many wild animals , among them there are particularly rare species. The forest has a quite diverse ecosystem, and in the dry season, there are many special types of grass named sawgrass

The wild area in the garden covers an area of ​​5,247 km2 which is home to many rare and wild animals. These species often go out and roam under the nooks of mangrove roots, immense grasslands and coastal areas. Besides a number of particularly rare species, zoologists have also counted 350 species of birds; 300 species of fish; 40 species of mammals and 50 species of reptiles grow in Everglades National Park.

According to statistics, there are 350 species of birds, 40 species of animals, 50 species of reptiles growing in this park

The swamp of this park originated in the south of Orlando when the Kissimmee River poured water into Lake Okeechobee. This is a very shallow lake. During the rainy months, the lake water overflows to the south. This shallow river is about 97km long and about 160km long, flowing slowly on the limestone that ended in Florida Bay (Florida Bay).

In the dry season, this dry sawgrass swamp is prone to fire. Therefore, the Everglades swamp often sees flooding in the rainy season and many fires in the dry season. An American writer described this swamp line as "River of grass" .

According to scientists, humans lived in this swamp from 15,000 years ago. It was two red Indian tribes Calusa and Tequesta. However, when the Spaniards ruled Florida, these two Indian tribes grew less and less and gradually moved to other lands. Later the Seminole tribe was driven by Americans to live in this swamp. They lived, developed their tribe here for a long time.

Everglades National Park is recognized by Unesco with the criteria (viii), (ix), (x)

Criterion (viii): The vast Everglades National Park with almost flat surface that we see today, was originally a wetland area at the end of the ice age. Its surface is therefore filled with carbonate sediments to this day.

Criterion (ix): Everglades National Park is the largest and largest wetland in the US with coastal ecosystems including saltwater and freshwater marshes. In the park there is also the largest mangrove pine forest in the world. Over the course of millions of years of development, with extremely complex biological processes, the simple algae here have gradually become more complex and ultimately the presence of animals in the land. this.

Criterion (x): Everglades National Park is a demonstration of natural biological processes . The special diversity of the river's environment here has created an ideal area for plants and animals to reside. In the Everglades National Park, the occurrence of many species of plants and animals, including rare and precious species such as Florida Journal; Crocodile; East Indian manatee .