Protected areas (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 98-173120: 1997 United Nations list of protected areas, 1998: p. xiv (IUCN's (World Conservation Union) definition of a protected area: An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means.) p. xviii (Definitions of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories: Ia. Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science; Ib. Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection; II. National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation; III. Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of of specific natural features; IV. Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention; V. Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed maily for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation; VI. Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems)

Davey, A.G. National system planning for protected areas, 1998.

WorldCat, Sept. 1, 1998 (t: protected areas)

LC database, Sept. 1, 1998 (protected areas)

AltaVista, Sept. 1, 1998 (Protected Areas)

Here are entered works on areas of land and/or sea that are dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biodiversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means.