Protected Areas

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Protected Planet in May: of wetlands and vertices
22.05.2017
Protected Planet is home to the World Database on Protected Areas, the most comprehensive database on terrestrial and marine protected areas. The database is updated on a monthly basis from more than 500 different data providers in over 240 countries and...
Privately protected areas: advances and challenges
22.05.2017
Protected areas exist under a range of governance types. However, those run by private entities (non-profit organisations, for-profit organisations and individuals) have not always received much attention from the international community. These areas are...
IUCN Director General’s statement on International Day for Biological Diversity 2017
22.05.2017
How often do we credit our planet’s biological diversity with keeping us healthy, relaxed and inspired? Probably not often enough. Yet we all know it. Instinctively. We know that what we seek to relax: a walk in nature; a wonderful trip to the beach. Or...