WDPA/Protected Planet
The World Database on Protected Areas is the only global inventory of protected areas. Information is provided to the WDPA from National governments, NGOs, International conventions and regional Partners. It is managed and developed through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC and IUCN.
Protectedplanet.net is the new face of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), it is a tool for visualizing, mapping and contributing to information on protected areas. Protected Planet brings together spatial data, descriptive information and images from the World Database on Protected Areas, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), WikipediaTM, PanaramioTM, FlickrTM, and Google MapsTM.
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Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas, including:
- National Protected areas (IUCN Categories I-VI)
- Indigenous Lands
- Private Protected Areas
- Natura 2000 sites
- Barcelona Convention sites
- World Heritage Sites
- Ramsar sites
- Biosphere Reserves
- ASEAN Heritage Parks
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- Download (shp; kml)
- Attributes (source; area; designation date; status)
- Advanced search
- View in Google Earth
- Statistics
- Online editing of polygons
- Search in any language and character set
- Lighter map for use in low bandwidth areas and mobiles
- Copy and paste the URL
- Map centers on your local area (based on IP)
- View quality score of PA information
- Contextualize protected areas with photos and Wikipedia
- Allows users to vote on photos and add Wikipedia articles
- Link to the species lists from Global Biodiversity Information Facility and IUCN Red List
- User activity for a protected areas
- View multiple opinions’ of the same protected area
- Bulk data upload tools for governments
- Official government version and different “user” versions
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