META_DATA
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
CNTRY_NAME
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctic
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Baker Island
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Island & McDonald Islands
Holy See
Honduras
Howland Island
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jarvis Island
Jersey
Johnston Atoll
Jordan
Juan De Nova Island
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau, China
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Midway Islands
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paracel Islands
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Island
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
SOVEREIGN ISO_2_CODE ISO_3_CODE GEO_ID
Afghanistan AF AFG 4
Albania AL ALB 8
Algeria DZ DZA 12
United States of America AS ASM 16
Andorra AD AND 20
Angola AO AGO 24
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland AI AIA 28
Antarctic AQ ATA 32
Antigua and Barbuda AG ATG 36
Argentina AR ARG 40
Armenia AM ARM 44
Netherlands AW ABW 48
Australia AU AUS 52
Austria AT AUT 56
Azerbaijan AZ AZE 60
Bahamas BS BHS 64
Bahrain BH BHR 68
United States of America 72
Bangladesh BD BGD 76
Barbados BB BRB 80
Belarus BY BLR 84
Belgium BE BEL 88
Belize BZ BLZ 92
Benin BJ BEN 96
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland BM BMU 100
Bhutan BT BTN 104
Bolivia BO BOL 108
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA BIH 112
Botswana BW BWA 116
Norway BV 120
Brazil BR BRA 124
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland IO IOT 128
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland VG VGB 132
Brunei Darussalam BN BRN 136
Bulgaria BG BGR 140
Burkina Faso BF BFA 144
Burundi BI BDI 148
Cambodia KH KHM 152
Cameroon CM CMR 156
Canada CA CAN 160
Cape Verde CV CPV 164
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland KY CYM 168
Central African Republic CF CAF 172
Chad TD TCD 176
Chile CL CHL 180
China CN CHN 184
Australia CX CXR 188
Australia CC CCK 192
Colombia CO COL 196
Comoros KM COM 200
Congo CG COG 204
New Zealand CK COK 208
Costa Rica CR CRI 212
Cote d'Ivoire CI CIV 216
Croatia HR HRV 220
Cuba CU CUB 224
Cyprus CY CYP 228
Czech Republic CZ CZE 232
Democratic People's Republic of Korea KP PRK 236
Democratic Republic of the Congo CD COD 240
Denmark DK DNK 244
Djibouti DJ DJI 248
Dominica DM DMA 252
Dominican Republic DO DOM 256
Ecuador EC ECU 260
Egypt EG EGY 264
El Salvador SV SLV 268
Equatorial Guinea GQ GNQ 272
Eritrea ER ERI 276
Estonia EE EST 280
Ethiopia ET ETH 284
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland FK FLK 288
Denmark FO FRO 292
Fiji FJ FJI 296
Finland FI FIN 300
France FR FRA 304
France GF GUF 308
France PF PYF 312
France TF ATF 316
Gabon GA GAB 320
Gambia GM GMB 324
Georgia GE GEO 328
Germany DE DEU 332
Ghana GH GHA 336
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GI GIB 340
France 344
Greece GR GRC 348
Denmark GL GRL 352
Grenada GD GRD 356
France GP GLP 360
United States of America GU GUM 364
Guatemala GT GTM 368
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 372
Guinea GN GIN 376
Guinea-Bissau GW GNB 380
Guyana GY GUY 384
Haiti HT HTI 388
Australia HM 392
Holy See VA VAT 396
Honduras HN HND 400
United States of America 404
Hungary HU HUN 408
Iceland IS ISL 412
India IN IND 416
Indonesia ID IDN 420
Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR IRN 424
Iraq IQ IRQ 428
Ireland IE IRL 432
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland IMY 436
Israel IL ISR 440
Italy IT ITA 444
Jamaica JM JAM 448
Japan JP JPN 452
United States of America 456
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 460
United States of America 464
Jordan JO JOR 468
France 472
Kazakhstan KZ KAZ 476
Kenya KE KEN 480
Kiribati KI KIR 484
Kuwait KW KWT 488
Kyrgyzstan KG KGZ 492
Lao People's Democratic Republic LA LAO 496
Latvia LV LVA 500
Lebanon LB LBN 504
Lesotho LS LSO 508
Liberia LR LBR 512
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LY LBY 516
Liechtenstein LI LIE 520
Lithuania LT LTU 524
Luxembourg LU LUX 528
China MO MAC 532
Madagascar MG MDG 536
Malawi MW MWI 540
Malaysia MY MYS 544
Maldives MV MDV 548
Mali ML MLI 552
Malta MT MLT 556
Marshall Islands MH MHL 560
France MQ MTQ 564
Mauritania MR MRT 568
Mauritius MU MUS 572
France YT MYT 576
Mexico MX MEX 580
Micronesia (Federated States of) FM FSM 584
United States of America 588
Moldova, Republic of MD MDA 592
Monaco MC MCO 596
Mongolia MN MNG 600
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland MS MSR 604
Morocco MA MAR 608
Mozambique MZ MOZ 612
Myanmar MM MMR 616
Namibia NA NAM 620
Nauru NR NRU 624
Nepal NP NPL 628
Netherlands NL NLD 632
Netherlands AN ANT 636
France NC NCL 640
New Zealand NZ NZL 644
Nicaragua NI NIC 648
Niger NE NER 652
Nigeria NG NGA 656
New Zealand NU NIU 660
Australia NF NFK 664
United States of America MP MNP 668
Norway NO NOR 672
Palestinian Territory, Occupied PS PSE 676
Oman OM OMN 680
Pakistan PK PAK 684
Palau PW PLW 688
Panama PA PAN 692
Papua New Guinea PG PNG 696
Paracel Islands 700
Paraguay PY PRY 704
Peru PE PER 708
Philippines PH PHL 712
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland PN PCN 716
Poland PL POL 720
Portugal PT PRT 724
United States of America PR PRI 728
Qatar QA QAT 732
Republic of Korea KR KOR 736
France RE REU 740
Romania RO ROM 744
Russian Federation RU RUS 748
Rwanda RW RWA 752
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland SH SHN 756
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN KNA 760
Saint Lucia LC LCA 764
France PM SPM 768
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VCT 772
Samoa WS WSM 776
San Marino SM SMR 780
Sao Tome and Principe ST STP 784
Saudi Arabia SA SAU 788
Senegal SN SEN 792
Seychelles SC SYC 796
Sierra Leone SL SLE 800
Singapore SG SGP 804
Slovakia SK SVK 808
Slovenia SI SVN 812
Solomon Islands SB SLB 816
Somalia SO SOM 820
South Africa ZA ZAF 824
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GS 828
Spain ES ESP 832
Spratly Islands 836
Sri Lanka LK LKA 840
Sudan SD SDN 844
Suriname SR SUR 848
Norway SJ SJM 852
Swaziland SZ SWZ 856
Sweden SE SWE 860
Switzerland CH CHE 864
Syrian Arab Republic SY SYR 868
Taiwan TW TWN 872
Tajikistan TJ TJK 876
Thailand TH THA 880
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK MKD 884
Togo TG TGO 888
New Zealand TK TKL 892
Tonga TO TON 896
Trinidad and Tobago TT TTO 900
Tunisia TN TUN 904
Turkey TR TUR 908
Turkmenistan TM TKM 912
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland TC TCA 916
Tuvalu TV TUV 920
Uganda UG UGA 924
Ukraine UA UKR 928
United Arab Emirates AE ARE 932
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB GBR 936
United Republic of Tanzania TZ TZA 940
United States of America US USA 944
United States of America VI VIR 948
Uruguay UY URY 952
Uzbekistan UZ UZB 956
Vanuatu VU VUT 960
Venezuela VE VEN 964
Viet Nam VN VNM 968
United States of America 972
France WF WLF 976
Western Sahara EH ESH 980
Yemen YE YEM 984
Yugoslavia YU YUG 988
Zambia ZM ZMB 992
Zimbabwe ZW ZWE 996
GEO_REGION GEO_SUBREG Y_2002
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Europe Central Europe -9999
Africa Northern Africa 85000
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 4442
Europe Western Europe -9999
Africa Southern Africa 2465200
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 0
Polar Antarctic 211680
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 6628
Latin America + Caribbean South America 192000
Europe Eastern Europe -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 70
Asia + Pacific Australia + New Zealand 10437268
Europe Western Europe -9999
Europe Eastern Europe -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 123592
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 0
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 5252
Europe Eastern Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 177137
Africa Western Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 14864
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Europe Central Europe -9999
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Polar Antarctic -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America 2311535
Asia + Pacific South Asia 137448
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 18821
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 1224
Europe Central Europe -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Africa Eastern Africa 11000
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 15000
Africa Central Africa 460000
North America North America 18050262
Africa Western Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 8373
Africa Central Africa -9999
Africa Central Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America 48704
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 563857
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 8700
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America 650495
Africa Western Indian Ocean 5
Africa Central Africa 144294
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 160
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 226790
Africa Western Africa 3000
Europe Central Europe 35653
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 2139088
Europe Central Europe 7316
Europe Central Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia -9999
Africa Central Africa 76850
Europe Western Europe 347524
Africa Eastern Africa 0
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 531
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 880785
Latin America + Caribbean South America 8095043
Africa Northern Africa 563100
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America -9999
Africa Central Africa -9999
Africa Eastern Africa 200000
Europe Central Europe 145658
Africa Eastern Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 0
Europe Western Europe 3900
Europe Western Europe 654522
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 13728
Polar Antarctic 36700
Africa Central Africa -9999
Africa Western Africa 18440
Europe Eastern Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe 710614
Africa Western Africa -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Africa Western Indian Ocean -9999
Europe Western Europe 220000
Polar Arctic 97200000
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 1113
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 9186
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 1322
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 38400
Europe Western Europe -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean -9999
Polar Antarctic 38760
Europe Western Europe -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 226537
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Europe Central Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific South Asia 281245
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 8107593
Asia + Pacific South Asia 240
West Asia Mashriq -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe 1996
Europe Western Europe 15789
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 819245
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 529996
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
West Asia Mashriq -9999
Africa Western Indian Ocean -9999
Asia + Pacific Central Asia -9999
Africa Eastern Africa 51930
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 6500
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 2000
Asia + Pacific Central Asia -9999
Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
Europe Central Europe 400000
West Asia Mashriq -9999
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Africa Northern Africa 36000
Europe Western Europe -9999
Europe Central Europe 53350
Europe Western Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia -9999
Africa Western Indian Ocean 1520
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 301251
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Europe Western Europe -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 679
Africa Western Africa 1186000
Africa Western Indian Ocean 9170
Africa Western Indian Ocean 4180
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 762847
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Europe Eastern Europe -9999
Europe Western Europe 51
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 6
Africa Northern Africa 53500
Africa Southern Africa 1117000
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 389000
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Europe Western Europe 14455
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 55
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 53192
Asia + Pacific Australia + New Zealand 841657
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 50000
Africa Western Africa -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 617
Europe Western Europe 63005
West Asia Mashriq -9999
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 28000
Asia + Pacific South Asia -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 1200
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 329480
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 52
Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 558944
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Europe Central Europe 27610
Europe Western Europe 78732
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 13341
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 1853
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 338130
Africa Western Indian Ocean 5178
Europe Central Europe 580000
Europe Eastern Europe 13849860
Africa Eastern Africa -9999
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 2610
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 32
North America North America -9999
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 3885
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 6022
Europe Western Europe -9999
Africa Central Africa -9999
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 519760
Africa Western Africa 84216
Africa Western Indian Ocean 41277
Africa Western Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 87
Europe Central Europe -9999
Europe Central Europe 192
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Africa Eastern Africa 334000
Africa Southern Africa 574174
Polar Antarctic -9999
Europe Western Europe 95518
Asia + Pacific South East Asia -9999
Asia + Pacific South Asia 102347
Africa Northern Africa 288000
Latin America + Caribbean South America 12000
Europe Western Europe 6426354
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Europe Western Europe 15182
Europe Western Europe -9999
West Asia Mashriq -9999
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 32845
Asia + Pacific Central Asia -9999
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 530047
Europe Central Europe -9999
Africa Western Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 873
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 751
Africa Northern Africa 19130
Europe Central Europe 352750
Asia + Pacific Central Asia 262037
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 62741
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Africa Eastern Africa -9999
Europe Eastern Europe 123858
West Asia Arabian Peninsula -9999
Europe Western Europe 666953
Africa Southern Africa 30
North America North America 12301779
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 10904
Latin America + Caribbean South America -9999
Asia + Pacific Central Asia -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 0
Latin America + Caribbean South America 688589
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 30243
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Asia + Pacific South Pacific -9999
Africa Northern Africa -9999
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 0
Europe Central Europe 12000
Africa Southern Africa -9999
Africa Southern Africa -9999
META_DATA
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
GEO_REGION GEO_SUBREG Y_2002
Africa Central Africa 681144
Africa Eastern Africa 596930
Africa Northern Africa 1044730
Africa Southern Africa 4156404
Africa Western Africa 1291656
Africa Western Indian Ocean 61330
Asia + Pacific Australia + New Zealand 11278925
Asia + Pacific Central Asia 262037
Asia + Pacific NW Pacific + East Asia 1464828
Asia + Pacific South Asia 521280
Asia + Pacific South East Asia 9942089
Asia + Pacific South Pacific 88108
Europe Central Europe 1614529
Europe Eastern Europe 13973718
Europe Western Europe 9314595
Latin America + Caribbean Caribbean 4122552
Latin America + Caribbean Meso America 1811191
Latin America + Caribbean South America 11998366
North America North America 30352041
Polar Antarctic 287140
Polar Arctic 97200000
West Asia Arabian Peninsula 551613
West Asia Mashriq -9999
META_DATA
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
GEO_REGION Y_2002
Africa -9999
Asia + Pacific 23557267
Europe 24902842
Latin America + Caribbean 17932109
North America 30352041
Polar 97487140
West Asia -9999
META_DATA
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
GEO_GLOBAL Y_2002
Global totals 202615206
Reported global totals from original data Not available
Metadata
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 (National) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Copyright c 2002 (Aggregations) United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
Aggregation method
Sum
The data is aggregated at subregional, regional and global level.
Interpolations/Extrapolations
None
Comments
The value "-9999" corresponds to "No Data".
Following are the definitions of IUCN Management categories I-VI.
and/or species, available primarily for scientific research and/or environmental monitoring.
Category Ib. Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection.
Category II. National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation.
Metadata
Variable: Marine Protected Areas (IUCN Categories I-VI) - Area
Units: Hectares
Data Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre Protected Areas Database (Data as of April 2002)
Data Provider: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Years: 2002
Copyright c 2002 (National) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Copyright c 2002 (Aggregations) United Nations Environment Programme/DEWA/GRID-Geneva
Aggregation method
Sum
The data is aggregated at subregional, regional and global level.
Interpolations/Extrapolations
None
Comments
The value "-9999" corresponds to "No Data".
All protected areas in this table combine natural areas of at least 1,000 hectares in five World Conservation Union
(IUCN) management categories. IUCN defines a 'marine protected area' as: "any area of intertidal or subtidal terrain,
together with its overlying water and associated flora and fauna, historical and cultural features, which has been
reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment."
These marine protected areas (MPAs) include areas that are fully marine to areas that are have only a small area of
intertidal land. Many of these MPAs have large terrestrial areas. The extent of the marine portion of most protected
areas is rarely documented. The degree of protection varies from one country to another and it may bear little
relationship to the legal status of any site.
Following are the definitions of IUCN Management categories I-VI.
Category Ia. Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science. Area of land and/or sea possessing
some outstanding or representative ecosystems, geological or physiological features
and/or species, available primarily for scientific research and/or environmental monitoring.
Category Ib. Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection.
Large area of unmodified or slightly modified land, and/or sea, retaining its natural character and influence, without
permanent or significant habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural condition.
Category II. National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation.
Natural area of land and/or sea, designated to a) protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for
present and future generations; b) exclude exploitation or occupation inimical to the purposes of designation of the
area and c) provide a foundation for spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational and visitor opportunities, all of which
must be environmentally and culturally compatible.
Category III. Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features. Area
containing one, or more, specific natural or natural/cultural feature which is of outstanding or unique value because
of its inherent rarity, representative or aesthetic qualities or cultural significance.
Category IV. Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through
management intervention. Area of land and/or sea subject to active intervention for management purposes so as to
ensure the maintenance of habitats and/or to meet the requirements of specific species.
Category V. Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation
and recreation. Area of land, with coast and sea as appropriate, where the interaction of people and nature over time
has produced an area of distinct character with significant aesthetic, ecological and/or cultural value, and often with
high biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this traditional interaction is vital to the protection, maintenance
Category VI. Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural
ecosystems. Area containing predominantly unmodified natural systems, managed to ensure long term protection
and maintenance of biological diversity, while providing at the same time a sustainable flow of natural products and
services to meet community needs.
For more information on the variables and collection methodologies see original source or the IUCN Web site:
http://wcpa.iucn.org/wcpainfo/protectedareas.html.