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In an effort to save on cash processing and hand handling fees, 22 national parks have gone cashless as of 2023. In September 2023, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) proposed the "Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act" (PARC) which would require national parks to accept cash as a form of payment for entrance fee. [13]
Hell's Gate National Park is a small park in Kenya, named after a narrow break in the cliffs near Lake Naivasha. It has diverse wildlife, geothermal power stations, and scenic features such as Fischer's Tower and Hell's Gate Gorge.
Learn about the history, wildlife and landscapes of Aberdare National Park, a protected area in the Aberdare Mountain Range in central Kenya. The park was established in 1950 and is best known as the site where Princess Elizabeth became Queen in 1952.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a state corporation that conserves and manages national parks, wildlife conservation areas, and sanctuaries in Kenya. It was founded in 1990 and has a history of combating poaching, destroying ivory stockpiles, and running education and training programmes.
A feed-in tariff (FIT) is a policy mechanism that offers long-term contracts and above-market prices to renewable energy producers. FITs aim to accelerate investment in renewable technologies and encourage technological change and cost reductions.
A marine park near Shimoni and Wasini Island in Kenya with coral reef and diverse marine life. Learn about its location, area, history, governing body, and wildlife species.
Kalesar National Park is a protected area in Yamunanagar district of Haryana state, India. It is named after the Kalesar Mahadev temple and is part of the Shivalik foothills, bordering Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The Kenyan Government in the 1970s supported and helped with the protection of the sanctuary with the Kenyan Armed Forces as well as Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). [ 4 ] From 1970 through to 2003, the world population of the African black rhinoceros declined from about 65,000 to an estimated 3,725.