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Protected areas

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 12 Apr 2024

Areas 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.

FAO, 2010, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

Source category: International Organisations


Legally established land or water area under either public or private ownership that is regulated and managed to achieve specific conservation objectives.

OECD, 2008, Glossary of Statistical Terms.

Source category: International Organisations

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