Who was Charles Waterton?
Charles Waterton was a pioneering naturalist who
as a young man explored the tropical forests of South America and observed
the richness of their natural history. After four eventful journeys to British
Guiana he returned to his home in Yorkshire, England at Walton Hall in the
1820's. He then set about managing his estate for forty years as a protected
environment for wildlife. Today, this is thought to have been the world's
first nature reserve.
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