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IUCN World
Commission on Protected Areas with the assistance of the World Conservation
Monitoring Centre
Contents
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Introduction
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Protected
Area Management Categories
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Background
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Basic
Concepts
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Applying
the Categories
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The
Management Categories
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Category
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Strict
Nature Reserve / Wilderness Area
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Category
II
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National
Park
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Category
III
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Natural
Monument
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Category
IV
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Habitat/Species
Management Area
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Category
V
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Protected
Landscape/Seascape
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Category
VI
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Managed
Resource Protected Area
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Examples
of Applying the Management Categories
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Category
I
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Strict
Nature Reserve / Wilderness Area
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Category
II
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National
Park
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Category
III
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Natural
Monument
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Category
IV
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Habitat/Species
Management Area
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Category
V
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Protected
Landscape/Seascape
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Category
VI
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Managed
Resource Protected Area
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Text
taken from:
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IUCN
(1994). Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories. CNPPA
with the assistance of WCMC. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge,
UK. x + 261pp.
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