The Karoo Nature reserve was established in 1979 when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Wildlife Fund recognised the urgency for conservation measures in the Karoo biome and listed this action as a world conservation priority.
卡鲁自然保护区成立于1979年，当国际自然保护联盟和世界野生动物基金会认可对卡鲁生态区的紧急保护措施，并将这一行动列入优先考虑的世界自然保护事宜中。