of Apartheid the Natal Parks Board and KwaZulu Department of Nature Conservation became a single organisation, which was eventually called the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service. More recently the name was changed to Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. Conservation The Natal Parks Board was instrumental in saving the southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) from extinction. All southern white rhinos today (over 20,000 individuals) are descended from the remnant population of Umfolozi. Today Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is involved with saving a subspecies of the south-central black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor), of which virtually all of the animals now living in South Africa are descended from the remnant population of Umfolozi. The areas managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife include marine turtle nesting sites (loggerhead and leatherback turtles), coelacanth habitat and three centres of endemism. Two of the areas managed are World Heritage Sites (iSimangaliso and uKhahlamba). Some major parks managed by Ezemvelo iSimangaliso Wetland Park Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park Natal Drakensberg Park, part of the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area Tembe Elephant Park, part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area uMkhuze Game Reserve Oribi Gorge Ithala Game Reserve Royal Natal National Park The organisation manages over 57 parks in total. St Lucia Parks Amatikulu Nature Reserve Isimangaliso Wetland Park Cape Vidal Kosi Bay Nature Reserve Mpenjati Mountain areas Didima north of Monk's Cowl in the Cathedral Peak area, 35000 ha. Cobham and Vergeglen near Himeville Village, 52000 ha. Garden Castle includes the Bushman's Nek Valley. Giant's Castle Highmoor also known as Mkhomazi Wilderness Area, 15000 ha. Himeville near Himeville Village, 104 ha. injisuthi in the northern section of Giant's Castle area. Nature reserves Blinkwater Nature Reserve north of Pietermaritzburg Bluff Nature Reserve near Durban, 45 ha. Harold Johnson Nature Reserve near Thugela River mouth, 100 ha. Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve in Yellowwood Park, Durban, 253 ha. Krantzkloof Nature Reserve in Kloof, between Hillcrest and Pinetown, near Durban, 600 ha. Mpenjati Nature Reserve near Trafalgar, North Park Nature Reserve adjacent to the Umhlahazana River, 52 ha. Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve near Port Shepstone, Skyline Nature Reserve Umtamvuna Nature Reserve bordering the Mtamvuna River, 3 247 ha. Forests Beachwood Mangroves Dlinza Forest Entumeni Forest Ncandu Forest Ongoye Forest Nkandla Forest See also References Bibliography Pooley, T. and Player, I. (1995). KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Destinations. . External links Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife KZN Parks in South Africa https://natalia.org.za/Natalia/no23-24.html Nature conservation in South Africa Tourist attractions in KwaZulu-Natal Protected areas of KwaZulu-Natal