• The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of six commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 1948, the IUCN...
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    The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data on the world's terrestrial and marine protected areas, containing more than...
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    on Protected Planet Category VI Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources Official website IUCN: World Commission on Protected Areas Database...
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    for Protected Areas United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center, Protected Areas Programme IUCN World Commission on Protected...
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    or wilderness area (IUCN category Ib) is the highest category of protected area recognised by the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), a body...
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  • Day - World Commission on Protected Areas - World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival - World Heritage Site...
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    Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992. As of 2020, there are 244 Protected Areas in the Philippines covering a total area of about 7,760...
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  • the World Commission on Protected Areas/IUCN Category IV - Habitat/Species Management Area 1 Partial Faunal Reserve, the equivalent of the World Commission...
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    Marine protected areas (MPA) are protected areas of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many...
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    species. World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA): establishment and effective management of a network of terrestrial and marine protected areas. Climate...
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    of present, there are around 400 protected areas in Pakistan that are recognized by IUCN. The total protected land area represents 13% of Pakistan's landmass...
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  • Marine Protected Areas - The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas" (PDF). IUCN. 2008-11-04. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08...
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  • WCPA High Seas Task Force (category IUCN commissions)
    World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)'s High Seas Task Force spans decades. It was officially established in 2003 following the Vth IUCN World Parks...
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  • biodiversity outside of protected areas.” In 2015, the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas established a Task...
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    parks of Madagascar include all officially recognized protected areas as of 2015. The protected areas network of Madagascar is managed by the Madagascar...
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  • lead biodiversity specialist at the World Bank for 16 years and chaired the World Commission on Protected Areas of the International Union for Conservation...
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  • Nature park (category Protected areas)
    by the IUCN and its World Commission on Protected Areas as a category II protected area. A "Nature Park" designation, depending on local specifics, falls...
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    Packard Award for outstanding service to protected areas by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas at the World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia....
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  • manages the World Database of Protected Areas in collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. A series of world atlases on biodiversity...
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    Wilderness (redirect from Wilderness areas)
    influence on the ecosystem, but no change is introduced by the act on wilderness areas. The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) classifies the areas as...
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    National park (category Protected areas)
    cultivation to protect surrounding farmland, are seen as the oldest legally protected areas. Parks Canada, established on May 19, 1911, became the world's first...
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    Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 3 World Commission on Protected Areas, p11. De Guzman, Asuncion...
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    encompassing one or more protected areas, as well as multiple resources use areas." The Global Transboundary Protected Areas Network (GTPAN) lists four...
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  • of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Figgis' research and areas of interest include national and international protected areas, biodiversity...
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  • been a member of Steering Committees of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy...
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    Eravikulam National Park (category Protected areas established in 1978)
    original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2012. UNEP (05/07/2007) World Commission on Protected Areas, World Database on Protected Areas, Eravikulam...
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  • joining the National Commission on Protected Areas by presidential appointment. During his tenure, Mexico increased its protected area coverage by almost...
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    original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2008-08-13. World Commission On Protected Areas: World Database on Protected Areas[permanent dead link] Map of the Hiiumaa...
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    Mammal Areas (IMMAs) were formulated by the joint International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission / World Commission on Protected...
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    Protected areas of Canada consist of approximately 12.1 percent of the nation's landmass and freshwater are considered conservation areas, including 11...
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