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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 ...
The 2006 declaration of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), with a size of 397,447 km 2 (153,455 sq mi), created, at that time, the world's largest designated marine protected area (MPA), which was also designated as the world's largest and deepest UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
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 ...
The 2004 Protected Places Order established the declaration of protected location. It declares that the location listed in the first column of the Schedule, as more specifically detailed in the plan specified in the second column and deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General , is a protected place for the purposes of the act.
With the 2010 declaration of Dorob National Park, Namibia became the first and only country to have its entire coastline protected through a national parks network. [1] Protected areas are subdivided into game reserves and/or nature reserves, such as special protected area, wilderness areas, natural areas, and development areas. There are also ...
Each protected area is defined by a classification system developed by the IUCN, that sets-out specific categories for the management of protected areas. [13] In course are revisions to the nature protection protocols. [14] This network of protected areas includes all the zones that may fall into pre-declared management areas, such as:
As of 2018, South Australia contained 359 separate protected areas declared under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, the Crown Land Management Act 2009 and the Wilderness Protection Act 1992. Together, they cover a total land area of 211,387.48 km 2 (81,617.16 sq mi) or 21.5% of the state's area. [1]
Bueng Khong Long Non-hunting Area; Don Hoi Lot; Dong Khlo–Huai Kapo Non-hunting Area; Huai Phueng–Wang Yao Non-hunting Area; Khao Kho Non-hunting Area; Khao Noi–Khao Pradu Non-hunting Area; Khao Phanom Thong Non-hunting Area; Khao Somphot Non-hunting Area [16] Khao Tha Phet Non-hunting Area; Khao Yai–Khao Na Pha Tang and Khao Ta Phrom ...