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A habitat or species management area (IUCN Category IV) is similar to a natural monument or feature, but focuses on more specific areas of conservation (though size is not necessarily a distinguishing feature), like an identifiable species or habitat that requires continuous protection rather than that of a natural feature. These protected ...
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
The IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas gives international guidance on the categorisation of protected areas, through its Protected Area Management Categories. These categories are recognised worldwide and facilitate a global system for defining and recording protected areas. [6]
Through its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN has developed six Protected Area Management Categories that define protected areas according to their management objectives, which are internationally recognised by various national governments and the United Nations. [28]
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.
Protected areas listed as IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) by the World Conservation Union / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Articles tagged as "IV" in the Protected Area Infobox are automatically added to this Wikipedia category.
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 ...
Management categories and governance types are independent and can be juxtaposed in the “IUCN Matrix”, [9] [10] visualizing a spectrum of area-based options to conserve nature in a given region/system. The IUCN Matrix can be used to situate protected areas but also conserved territories and areas (the management category, in such case ...