What is the main purpose of creating a national park?

Conservation of nature and wildlife

A national park is a protected area established to conserve ecosystems, natural landscapes, plants and wild animals. Its main purpose is to maintain habitats and ecological processes while limiting activities that can damage them. Consequently, option A is correct. Mining, large factories and urban expansion normally remove vegetation, disturb habitats, create pollution or fragment wildlife corridors, so they conflict with the conservation purpose of a national park. Although carefully regulated tourism, research or education may be permitted in some parks, these are supporting activities rather than the central objective. The governing concept is in-situ conservation, meaning that species are protected within their natural habitats.

This is a Class 9 Geography question. Chapter: Natural Vegetation and Wildlife. Topic: Conservation.