Protected Areas and World Heritage Programme

• 1993 UN List of National Parks and Protected Areas
• IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (formerly CNPPA)
  • IUCN Protected Areas Programme
  • A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
  • Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas
  • Economic Assessment of Protected Areas
  • Protected Areas Resource Centres concept
  • Draft guidelines for national system planning for protected areas
  • Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection
  • CNPPA North America
• UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme
• UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserves
  • EuroMAB
  • MAB Regional Networks and Programs
  • National programmes in Australia, Canada and the United States
    
  • South Appalachian Regional Biosphere Reserve

Regional Programmes

• Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora
  • Circumpolar Protected Area Network (CPAN)
  • US Geological Survey - EROS Data Centre
• Protected Areas in the Antarctic Treaty Region
• Natural Heritage Network
• Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserves Network