Protected Areas
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New Release of PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition)
PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition) provides a rich picture of protected area coverage useful at a variety of scales. This version of PAD-US should substantially improve our national inventory of protected lands. Read More.
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Why is a Protected Areas Database Important?
Protected areas are important to each person in their own way. Be it a special spot, a rare habitat or unique ecosystem, we all have our reasons for caring. While I care deeply about the intrinsic value of protected areas, I also care about the data that helps us catalog these places...
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- Southern Forests: Protected Areas at Risk Due to Suburban Sprawl | World Resources Institute http://t.co/rUKQpYx — 1 day 8 hours ago
- Great PNAS journal article on protected areas and the reduction of poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand: http://bit.ly/b9ZvtK — 1 day 8 hours ago
- Sivungaghmii, Sivuqaghhmii - Check out this #map of satellite-tagged aghveqs igleghvik (Bowhead #Whale Movements) http://bit.ly/dAFrHX #eco — 1 day 10 hours ago
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About the Protected Areas Center
Protected areas are the cornerstones around which regional, national and international conservation strategies are developed. Through protected area designations, lands and waters are set-aside in perpetuity to preserve functioning natural ecosystems, provide refuges for species, and maintain ecological processes.
The Data Basin Protected Areas Center is a place where the world can come together to explore the global significance of protected areas. Our mission is to centralize critical spatial data on the status of global land and water protection in a forum that allows any user – from the general public to professional land managers – to easily use our inventories for conservation, land management, planning, recreation and other uses.
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The Protected Areas Center is made possible by the generous support of the following organizations: |
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The Protected Areas Center has been built with the help of many people.
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The Data Basin Protected Areas Center is currently developing an advisory group.
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