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 * Protectedplanet.net** -- [|protectedplanet.net] -- is an example of citizen science, allowing members to contribute photos and links specific to more than 150,000 parks and protected areas around the world. Searches can be conducted in multiple languages. Registration is free and allows the download of data, including KMZ files which can be integrated with Google Earth. Some of the park data is more complete than others.

The database depends on the quality of engagement from the members in sharing the information. Each entry links (or should link) to the relevant Wikipedia feature.

Says Protected Planet: "The aim is to play nicely with the web, make use of the huge resources out there and concentrate our efforts on delivering the most relevant and accurate protected areas information to the community."

2017
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2016
http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/news/20160415/improving-access-information-protected-planet http://protectedplanet.net/c/world-database-on-protected-areas/internationally-designated-protected-areas/world-heritage-site

2015
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/new-information-on-protected-planet-for-local-communities-and-indigenous-peoples http://www.biopama.org/learn_more/?20122/BIOPAMA-support-to-the-UNEP-WCMC-World-Database-on-Protected-Areas

2014
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2012
[|Tracking progress towards global targets for protected areas]

The Protected Planet Report is a new initiative that tracks global progress towards Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Achieving this ambitious target, which calls for at least 17% of the world’s terrestrial areas and 10% of marine areas to be equitably managed and conserved by 2020, will require strong and effective partnerships: this report is an excellent example.

It has been compiled by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and a wide range of organisations that build on the work of the CBD-mandated Biodiversity Indicators Partnership. Several of these indicators also regularly contribute to the Global Environment Outlook and Global Biodiversity Outlook assessments, as well as the Millennium Development Goals reports – they have a role to play in the development of Sustainable Development Goals post 2015 too.

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2012 News http://www.unep-wcmc.org/ppr2012_903.html

2011 Some stats as of September 2011 courtesy of Charles Besancon

4,000 registered users 1,000 edits to PA information 400 full datasets downloaded 700 wikipedia articles added 60 million total sites downloaded 25,000 photos ranked ProtectedPlanet.net Takes You to 150,000 of the Worlds Most Spectacular Nature Sites.

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Background
Protectedplanet.net is the public face of the [|World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)], a joint initiative between IUCN and UNEP-WCMC. Its humble beginnings started 30 years ago as a basic global list of national parks and has evolved into the only global, spatially referenced information source on parks and protected areas. We have created protectedplanet.net not only to showcase this wealth of information but also give tools to willing ‘citizen scientists’ who can feed their knowledge about protected areas into the WDPA.

The [|World Database on Protected Areas] is managed at UNEP-WCMC in Cambridge, UK supported by IUCN staff and World Commission on Protected Areas members all over the world.

Using Protected Planet you can view protected areas worldwide, from where you live to where you are going on holiday, through the highly visual, interactive design. It will encourage you to visit these protected areas, or if you have already improve the information we have on them, add photos and partake in discussions. If you manage the protected areas system in your country, you can perform online editing and adding of protected areas, so improving the authority data we hold.

The WDPA has been in existence since 1981, and is the most comprehensive and extensive dataset on protected areas, including both nationally designated protected areas, such as national parks, and internationally designated protected areas, such as World Heritage sites and Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance. The WDPA is a joint project between the United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).

Some history. In 2010 the Top 10 most visited protected areas pages on Protectedplanet.net:
 * 1) Strandzha Nature Park
 * 2) Laguna E Karavastase Strict Protected Area
 * 3) Highland Farm Sanctuary Audubon Society Preserve or Sanctuary
 * 4) Harz Nature Park
 * 5) Arrabida Nature Park
 * 6) Peneda Geres National Park
 * 7) Masai Mara National ReserveGalapagos National Park
 * 8) Ream_National_Park
 * 9) Sudoeste Alentejano E Costa Vicentina Nature_Park

Examples
[|Pinacate Biosphere Reserve] [|Protected Areas in New Zealand]

Questions
Wikipedia English and other languages? Has anyone uploaded soundscapes? Is there an easy way to see what's new on the site?

Buzzword Bingo
Account - Citizen Science - Download Data - Flickr - Parks - [|Panoramio] - **Protected Planet** - Satellite - Terrain - [|terms and conditions] - Thread - Wikipedia

Formats
[|KMZ] - CSV - SHP

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