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)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-report-wcmc_rt378
Issued	2023-03-09T01:01:35.510Z
Language	en
Modified	2023-03-09T01:01:35.510Z
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Report
avg_rating	2
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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date_published	2003-01-01
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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.