2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas

The 2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas presents data on 102,102 protected areas covering 18.8 million km". Within this total figure, there are 69,066 protected areas with lUCN Management Categories. In addition, there are 4,633 internationally designated sites. Although there has been an...

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Source https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT378
Author UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated March 9, 2023, 14:16 (UTC)
Created March 9, 2023, 12:15 (UTC)
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Issued 2023-03-09T01:01:35.510Z
Language en
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citation Chape, S., S. Blyth, L. Fish, P. Fox and M. Spalding (compilers) (2003). 2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas. lUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. ix + 44pp. https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT378
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short_description The 2003 UN List of Protected Areas, the thirteenth produced since 1962, records the global community's endeavour to conserve the Earth's natural places. This is the first version to attempt a comprehensive presentation of all the world's known protected areas, listing 102,102 sites covering 18.8 million sq km compared to just over 1,000 protected areas in 1962.