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  2. World Database on Protected Areas - Wikipedia

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    The WDPA uses the IUCN's definition of a protected area as the main criteria for entries to be included in the database. The database contains comprehensive information on the different types of protected areas ranging from those strictly protected for conservation purposes to those where sustainable use of natural resources is allowed; and includes government, co-managed, private and ...

  3. Protected area - Wikipedia

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    How to manage areas protected for conservation brings up a range of challenges [5] – whether it be regarding the local population, specific ecosystems or the design of the reserve itself – and because of the many unpredicatable elements in ecology issues, each protected area requires a case-specific set of guidelines. [45]

  4. Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement

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    The largest PFP, Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA), permanently financed conservation initiatives in 15 percent of the Brazilian Amazon. [21] [22] The Legacy Landscapes Fund is an initiative to support protected areas for the long-term. It aims to support 30 protected areas by 2030 with sustainable funding totaling $1B USD. [23]

  5. Protected areas of the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2007, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, the U.S. had a total of 6,770 terrestrial nationally designated (federal) protected areas. Federal level protected areas are managed by a variety of agencies, most of which are a part of the National Park Service, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. They ...

  6. United States National System of Marine Protected Areas

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    The National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States is a national initiative designed to strengthen the protection of U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources through the coordination of existing marine protected areas (MPAs). The national system of MPAs consists of the group of MPA sites, networks, and systems established ...

  7. 30 by 30 - Wikipedia

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    30 by 30 (or 30x30) is a worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30% of Earth's land and ocean area as protected areas by 2030. [1] [2] The target was proposed by a 2019 article in Science Advances, "A Global Deal for Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets", highlighting the need for expanded nature conservation efforts to mitigate climate change.

  8. Governance of protected areas - Wikipedia

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    The area is a protected area in the country at stake, although not internationally; it likely comprises voluntary conservation; it can comprise ancillary conservation; it can be considered an OECM from an international point The State government does not recognize it as part of its system of protected areas

  9. Wikipedia : WikiProject Protected areas

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    Genevieve2 - I will Work on Québec Parks and other protected areas in Montreal, Canada. Arjuno (talk 16:48, 19 January 2011 (UTC) - Protected areas Central America. Smallchief 00:17, 5 March 2011 (UTC) I'm doing articles and editing on protected areas in the American Great Plains and Southwest.