Protected areas
Explore the World's Protected Areas
Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), ...
Protected areas are implemented for biodiversity conservation, often providing habitat and protection from hunting for threatened and endangered species.
Protected Areas | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
The USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US) is the official GIS-based national inventory of protected area boundaries within the U.S. It includes ...
Protected Areas (WDPA) - Protected Planet
Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), ...
Effective protected areas | IUCN
Protected areas – national parks, wilderness areas, community conserved areas, nature reserves and so on – are a mainstay of biodiversity conservation, while ...
The establishment of comprehensive, ecologically representative, effectively managed and financially secured protected area networks is a critical strategy not ...
Protected areas of the United States - Wikipedia
Federal-level protected areas · National Park System (list of areas here). National Parks · National Forest · National Forests · National Conservation Lands.
Protected areas and land use | IUCN
IUCN works to protect ecosystems, promote the sustainable use of landscapes and advance justice and equity in conservation.
National Marine Protected Areas Center
MPAs provide long term protection to important marine and coastal ecosystems that provide a wide range of benefits, including as natural solutions to climate ...
Protected areas - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Protected area is a specifically delineated area designated and managed to achieve the conservation of nature and the maintenance of associated ecosystem ...
5 Reasons Why Protected Areas Work - Legacy Landscapes Fund
Below we'll outline five reasons why protected areas are effective in both conserving biodiversity and yielding other benefits.
DHS Protected Areas FAQs | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A “protected area” is a location that, based on the essential services or activities that occur there, is generally protected from enforcement actions by ICE ...
Scotland's protected areas safeguard the very best of our landscapes, plants and animals, and rocks, fossils and landforms.
PADDD - Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing and ...
Governments around the world have reduced protections for some protected areas — a process called Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing and Degazettement, ...
"Marine protected area" is a broad term for a park or other protected area that includes some marine or Great Lakes area.
5 Benefits of Protected Areas - Rainforest Trust
Protected areas guard critical habitat for species so that they can thrive in nature, unimpacted by human disturbance. Recent studies have shown ...
On the protection of “protected areas” - PNAS
protected areas are the principle defense against forest loss and species extinctions. Four regions—the Amazon, Congo, South American Atlantic Coast, and West ...
Conservation news on Protected Areas - Mongabay
Protected areas News · A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. · Paraguay's pumas adapt, with some help, to a ranch-filled landscape · Clouded ...
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) - Glossary | DataBank
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1000 hectares that are ...
Problems with current protected areas | WWF - Panda.org
Several problems with the world's current protected areas mean that the full diversity of the Earth's habitats and species is not properly protected.