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 ANNEX 3.5 IUCN protected area categories
1.
Strict Nature Reserve/Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for science of wilderness
protection
2.
National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation
3.
Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features
4.
Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation
through management intervention
5.
Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed mainly for
landscape/seascape protection and recreation.
6.
Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the
sustainable use of natural ecosystems.
Categories I-IV are referred to in the ITTO countries quoted in Tables 6.1 and
6.2.
Unfortunately there are several anomalies in assessing protected forest areas and it was not
possible to distinguish them in other countries from available data1; for example, many countries
consider that all permanent forest estate, including managed forest, has protected area status.
The World Database on Protected Areas therefore refers to a number of types of forest-protected
areas, such as Classified and Community Forest, Forest Park, Forest Reserve and Forest Station,
National Forest and Protection Forest, and even Reforestation Area.
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