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  2. Protected area - Wikipedia

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    Protected areas or conservation areas are locations ... to regulate and record protected areas. In 1972, the Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. List of protected areas of Thailand - Wikipedia

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    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 Non-hunting Area; Khu Khut Water Fowl Park; Krabi ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Protected areas of Kiribati - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Protected areas of Brunei - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. 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