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ECOLOGY Ar a ng eofec os y s t emsa r epr es ent ; r es er -

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Obj ec t i v es 1 .

T odes i g nt hePa r ki nawa yt ha ti sea s i l ya ppr oa c ha bl ewi t hr es pec tt oi dent i t y , mov ementa nda c c es s .

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Cr ea t i ngnews pa c eswhi c hf os t erc ommuni t y .

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T oc ompa r t ment a l i z et hev a r i ousa c t i v i t i esl i k epl a y , s wi mmi ng , wa l k i ng , bi r dwa t c hi ng , ba r bec ui nget c . ba s edons ens i t i v i t yt o t hena t ur a l el ement sa ndpeopl e ’ si nher entdes i r et oi nt er a c twi t ht hes i t e.

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T opr ov i denewa meni t i es , t a k i ngt hehi s t or yi nt oc ons i der a t i ons ot ha tpeopl es pendal ong erdur a t i on.

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Thi sens ur esas ens eof f a mi l i a r i t ya nda ffini t ybyt hel oc a l c ommuni t yt owa r dst hePa r k .

Howev er , i ti si mpor t a ntt oi nt r oduc enews pa c esa nda c t i v i t i esr ev ol v i nga r oundt hes e f ea t ur es .

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Fore x a mpl e, peopl ema ywi s ht os penda l onet i mewi t hi n t hewoods , t hi si sr epr es ent edbys i ng ul a r , s t a nda l onedot si nt he

woodl a nds pher e.

Ont heot herha nd, v eg et a t i onma ypr ov i depr i v a c y , t husa l l owi ng c oupl esorf a mi l i est os i ta ndc ha ti nac l os e k ni ts et t i ng .

Thus , c r ea t i nga ndc a r v i ngs pa c esba s edont hee x i s t i ngneeda nda c t i v i t i esoft hel oc a l c ommuni t yi sc r uc i a l .

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Cr ea t i ngbui l ts pa c eswhi c ha r ea bl e t odea l wi t ht hewea ra ndt ea rof di ffer entequi pmenta ndl a r g eg a t her i ng s .

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