Is IUCN a database?
Is IUCN a database?
The evaluations database contains all IUCN evaluations since 1994. External Reviews of IUCN as an organisation can also be accessed separately from the External Reviews tab on the left-hand navigation. For further information please contact [email protected].
Which Organisation maintains the World Database on protected areas?
IUCN
Since 1981 UNEP-WCMC, through its Protected Areas Programme, has been compiling this information and making it available to the global community. The WDPA is a joint project of UNEP and IUCN, produced by UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas working with governments and collaborating NGOs.
What is a protected area according to IUCN?
A protected area is 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. ( IUCN Definition 2008)
What is the IUCN Green List?
The IUCN Green List is a global campaign for successful nature conservation. At its heart is the Green List Sustainability Standard that provides a global benchmark for how to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century.
How many protected areas are there in the world?
According to scientists at IUCN and UN Environment’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, there are 202,467 protected areas today, covering almost 20 million square kilometres or 14.7% of the world’s land, excluding Antarctica.
What are IUCN categories?
It divides species into nine categories: Not Evaluated, Data Deficient, Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct.
How many IUCN management categories are there?
seven different
IUCN protected areas management categories system In an attempt to describe and categorise the different management approaches in individual sites, the IUCN has identified seven different protected area categories, based on management objectives.
What is IUCN classification?
What is IUCN Red Data Book?
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book), founded in 1964, is the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
