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A nature reserve and a national park in Laane County, Estonia, Matsalu National Park is among the biggest and the most significant autumn stopping grounds for migratory birds in Europe.

The Matsalu Nature Reserve is said to have founded in the year 1957 and it serves as a protection to nesting, moulting and migratory birds. The first permanent workers in the park had started in 1958 and the Penijoe research base then became the administrative center of the newly made nature reserve. It was in the year 1976 when Matsalu was included in the list of wetlands of international significance under the Internaitonal Convention on the Protection of Wetlands.

The European Diploma of Protected Areas was then awarded to Matsalu Park in 2003 which serves as a recognition of the Council of Europe to Matsalu Nature Reserve for the park’s success in preserving the diversity of habitats and many species of birds and other organisms in the nature reserve.

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