the unclear status of these areas resulted in growing pressures eg for grazing areas which in some cases led to their deterioration finally in late the legal protective status of nature preserves has been extended for the next years until therefore the legal status alone of nature preserves cannot currently be perceived as an effective solution to ensuring their protection due to the uncertainty of their continued existence in the future this is attributable in large part to the fact that all state nature reserves are legal entities with a stable and clear legal mandate have valid land use certificates are managed solely for nature conservation purposes and receive more attention and support from the government foreign donors international organizations and conservation ngos