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Protected Areas Database from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

Entry ID: WCMC_148

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Summary

Abstract: WCMC has recently completed a digital database containing maps and
statistical data for the world's protected areas system. Data have
been published in a four-volume Directory of the National Parks and
Protected Areas of the World. The Centre is also responsible for
producing the United Nations List of National Parks and Protected
Areas. In addition, the Centre has ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01

Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND RESOURCES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES > GLOBAL THREATENED SPECIES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Ancillary Keywords

BIOSPHERE RESERVE

CONSERVATION

Originating Center

WCMC

Data Center

World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JO TAYLOR Phone: +44-1223-277314 Fax: +44-1223-277136 Email: info at wcmc.org.uk Contact Address: 219c Huntingdon Road CB3 0DL City: Cambridge Postal Code: CB3 0DL Country: UNITED KINGDOM