IUCN - Protected Area Management Categories
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has developed 6 Protected Area Management Categories via its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
The main purpose of the protected areas is to conserve biodiversity and to provide a way for measuring the progress of such conservation. The 6 different categories are as follows:
- Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve
- Category Ib – Wilderness Area
- Category II – National Park
- Category III – Natural Monument or Feature
- Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
- Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape
- Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources
Some links for further information and facts, e.g.:
- https://www.iucn.org/our-work/protected-areas-and-land-use or
- https://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/iucn-protected-area-management-categories or
- NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) - Home or
- protected-area-management-guidelines.pdf (ibat-alliance.org)
(last visit on 19. March 2023).