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Protected Areas (IUCN Categories)

Protected Areas (IUCN Categories)

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Full Citation

IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2016), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) [On-line], [April 2017], Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.

Description

The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas. Dataset downloaded April 2017. This is a categorical raster indicating the IUCN category (or relevant information when no category exists) of the protected area covering each pixel.

Source

IUCN and UNEP-WCMC

Tags

protected, conservation, environment, iucn, raster

Last Updated in GeoQuery

2017-05-08