<ul><li>More than 100 countries around the world have established national parks as a badge of environmental pride.</li><li>However, a small handful of countries such as Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Singapore, Bahrain, Qatar, Somalia, and North Korea do not have officially designated national parks.</li><li>Reasons vary from small size and urbanization to political instability and different definitions of nature protection.</li><li>Some of these countries have alternative conservation measures like nature reserves and UNESCO biosphere zones.</li></ul>

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