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Contents below:

     · Databases & listings

       · General information

         · Periodicals

           · Institutions

                  ~ International organizations & initiatives

                  ~ Science & research

                  ~ Professional associations

                  ~ NGOs

              · Climate change & protected areas

Also see:

     · Protected areas @ Indigenous peoples       

       · Biodiplomacy, where the majority of institutions & initiatives listed cover PAs, AbC & habitat conservation

Databases & listings

IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas

     · "...the first global standard of best practice for area-based conservation. It is a programme of certification

          for protected and conserved areas – national parks, natural World Heritage sites, community

          conserved areas, nature reserves and so on – that are effectively managed and fairly governed."

Protected Areas Data Portal @ National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) @ USGS

     · A complete overview of the US protected areas data with full access.

Protected Planet

     · The public portal of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), "the most

           comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on

          a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets being widely used

          by scientists, businesses, governments, International secretariats and others to inform

          planning, policy decisions and management" (see About).

    · From a global persepective, this site is the "most comprehensive"—a great place to start.

Protected Connected (ProtConn) indicator

Terrestrial protected areas @ World Bank data

General information

EarthRanger

LandScope @ NatureServe

Protected area categories @ IUCN

Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD)

     · Project of Conservation International

     · Beta site: PADDDtracker

Protected areas @ CBD

Sounds of your Park

Periodicals

Parks

       · IUCN site

       · Journal site

Parks Stewardship Forum

     · Academic site

     · Public site

WCPA Bulletin

Institutions

~ International organizations & initiatives ~

Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme (BIOPAMA)

IUCN

     World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)

           International Ranger Award

                International Ranger Award Nomination Platform

           Specialist Groups

                Climate Change

                Connectivity Conservation

                Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas

                     Alternative page

                Freshwater Specialist Group

                Geoheritage

                Governance, Equity and Rights

                Health & Well-being

                High Seas

                Mountains

                Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs)

                        Privately Protected Areas & Nature Stewardship

                Sustainable Finance

                Transboundary Conservation

                Urban Conservation Strategies

                Wilderness

           Task Forces

                Harmonizing Classifications and Nomenclature Task Force

                Large Scale Conservation Area Task Force (LSCATF)

           World Protected Areas Leaders Forum (WPALF)

Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA)

     KBA Secretariat

     KBA Partnership

          · “Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are the most important places in the world for species and their

             habitats. Faced with a global environmental crisis we need to focus our collective efforts on

             conserving the places that matter most. The KBA Programme supports the identification, mapping,

             monitoring and conservation of KBAs to help safeguard the most critical sites for nature on our

             planet – from rainforests to reefs, mountains to marshes, deserts to grasslands and to the deepest

             parts of the oceans.”

UNESCO

     World Heritage Convention & Centre

          · “UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural

              and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity."

     World Heritage List

     World Heritage Outlook

     World Heritage Convention @ Wikipedia

~ Science & research institutions ~

Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity

Center for Protected Area Management (CPAM) @ CSU

~ Professional associations ~

George Wright Society

International Ranger Federation (IRF)

     International Ranger Award

Natural Areas Association

~ NGOs ~

Global Conservation

     · "...the only nature conservation group who's sole mission is the direct funding of park

       protection systems for saving our most important and endangered world heritage and 

       national parks in developing countries."

National Park Rescue

Climate change & protected areas

Climate Adaptation Methodology for Protected Areas (CAMPA)

Natural solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change

     · Hosted by the IUCN

Protected areas and climate change

     · WWF initiative focusing on the Amazon

Spatial Planning for Protected Areas in Response to Climate Change (SPARC)

     · CI page

     · GEF page

The IUCN defines protected area as “...a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed,through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.”

For information on specific protected areas, see Protected Planet.