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Monday, 18 January 2010 15:03

Description

The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is project of UNEP and UICN. This global spatial dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas was produced and updated by UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. The WDPA is a conservation decision making tool designed with important information from national governments, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, international biodiversity convention secretariats and many others.
The WDPA applies the definition and categories of a protected area adopted by IUCN.
A protected area is:
 
“A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”.
Source: Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. x + 86pp.
For more information on the IUCN protected area definition please see here.
 

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) http://www.wdpa.org/ : is the most comprehensive global spatial dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas available
 
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
Conservation Commons – see terms of use http://www.wdpa.org/TermsAndConditions.aspx
 
 
SUMMARY
Type of data
GIS
Function
Protected Areas Mapping
Format
ESRI shapefiles and KML
Licence
Conservation Commons. Free download. See terms of use
Coverage
Australia, World wide
Resolution/Scale
30 meters
Coordinate System and Datum
Geographic Coordinates, WGS 84
Source
WDPA
 

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:07