Grenada - the state is small, its area is only 348.5 km ². However, quite large areas here are withdrawn from the register of agricultural lands and allocated to environmental protection zones. There are 3 national parks in the country, 2 large reserves and one protected oyster bank.
National parks and protected areas
Many national parks in Grenada are located around crater lakes. Since the country is rather small, all of them are close to each other and have a similar nature: the lakes are surrounded by moist tropical forests, abundant in animals, birds and insects; waterfalls and hot springs are often found in them. Let's talk about them in more detail:
- Grand Ethan Park (full name - Grand Etang National Park & Forest Reserve) is known for its orchids - there are rare enough varieties of this plant; It is home to such exotic birds as the crested hummingbird and purple throat.
- Lake Antoine National Landmark is located in the north of Grenada , and is also famous for the large variety of birds that live here permanently or arrive for wintering. In the lake there are many different kinds of fish.
- Another national park that deserves special attention is the Levera National Park, located on the border of the sea and mangrove swamp. Here live more than 8 dozens of species of exotic birds.
In addition to parks with national status, the Grenada Dove National Reserve, which is home to the Grenada pigeon, which is the symbol of this island state, the La Sagess Reserve , famous for its salt lakes and mangroves, and Oyster Bonds oyster bank , which is one from the most ancient ecosystems in the Caribbean region.
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