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A wilderness area (IUCN Category Ib) is similar to a strict nature reserve, but generally larger and protected in a slightly less stringent manner.. These areas are a protected domain in which biodiversity and ecosystem processes (including evolution) are allowed to flourish or experience restoration if previously disturbed by human activity.
The IUCN protected area categories are: IUCN Category Ia — Strict Nature Reserve; IUCN Category Ib — Wilderness Area; IUCN Category II — National Park; IUCN Category III — Natural Monument or Natural Feature; IUCN Category IV — Habitat management area / Species Management Area; IUCN Category V — Protected Landscape / Protected Seascape
Within the WPDA the IUCN Management Category of a protected area is listed (if one has been assigned/reported) as part of the information on a protected area. [7] Map of the Republic of Niger's protected areas using polygon data from the WDPA [8] Data held in the WDPA is made up of both 'attribute' and 'spatial' information. Attribute data ...
The complete list of countries (as of 2016) with IUCN category 1b sites can be found in the Management Guidelines for IUCN Category 1b (wilderness) Protected Areas. [6] The most up-to-date resource is the Protected Planet World Database on Protected Areas, which can be searched by many filters including IUCN category levels and country.
Mountains: Nationally designated protected areas cover 14.3% of the world's mountain areas, and these mountainous protected areas made up 32.5% of the world's total terrestrial protected area coverage in 2009. Mountain protected area coverage has increased globally by 21% since 1990 and out of the 198 countries with mountain areas, 43.9% still ...
Sample infobox for South African protected areas. The {{Location map}} ... The image is optional, as is the IUCN category. See the two examples to the right.
In 1948, the IUCN established a Committee on National Parks. Two decades later the IUCN had been asked by the international community to take responsibility for preparing a world list of national parks in keeping with its role as a network to share the world’s knowledge on nature conservation, and in 1960, the IUCN raised the status of the Committee to that of a permanent Commission, with ...
Strongly recommended. The IUCN category associated with the protected area. Valid values are Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, V, or VI. See IUCN Categories. iucn_ref: A reference for the iucn_category. logo: The logo of the area. logo_upright: The upright value of the logo. logo_alt: The logo alt text. See WP:ALT. logo_caption: The caption that will appear ...