Protected areas glossary and government resources

Protected areas : areas such as provincial parks, federal parks, wildernessareas, ecological reserves, and recreation areas that have protected designationsaccording to federal and provincial statutes. Protected areas are land and freshwater ormarine areas set aside to protect the province's diverse natural and cultural heritage.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

Marine Protected Areas
Marine protected areas (MPAs) serve many different purposes and are established ... monitor and/or evaluate marine protected areas at the federal level.

Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas of the United States ... the inventory process, as well as links to state and federal agencies involved with marine protected areas.

Coastal Connections Newsletter
The PAGIS Web site has been archived. The project is no longer active. For information on the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, please visit

Social Science Methods for Marine Protected Areas
This site is designed to helping Marine Protected Area (MPA) managers use social science to accomplish their goals. From cost benefit analysis to surveys,

Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas. What is an MPA? Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a ... newsletter on International News and Analysis on marine protected areas.

Status of Marine Protected Areas Volume 2
Sound/Georgia Basin International Task Force Work Group on Marine Protected Areas ... 367 Appendix B. Matrix of Marine Protected Areas in Puget Sound

Executive Order 13158 - Marine Protected Areas
...and expanding the Nation's system of marine protected areas (MPAs). ... and conservation of existing marine protected areas and establish new or

Partners in Protection of the Chihuahuan Desert
...had good reason to celebrate the establishment of Mexico’s protected areas. ... eventual establishment of the two protected areas in Northern Mexico.

Protected Areas in Mexico/Big Bend National Park
Click on the topics below to learn more about the protected areas and villages. "Partners In Protection" (article on the protected areas)

EPA: Executive Order 13158 - Marine Protected Areas
2000 Marine Protected Areas By the authority vested in me as President by the ... and expanding the Nation's system of marine protected areas (MPAs).

USAID Environment: Biodiversity - Protected Areas Management
Protected areas are tracts of forest, mountains, wetlands, grasslands, deserts, lakes, rivers, coral reefs, and even oceans that are managed to maintain the

Marine Protected Areas in NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine ...
Department of Fish and Game, Marine Region, Marine Protected Areas in NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Channel Islands MPAs
Marine Protected Areas in NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ... a network of Marine Protected Areas around the northern Channel Islands.

Number of World's Protected Areas Grows to More Than 100000
...says more than 100000 protected areas have been established across ... The world's protected areas now cover 11.5 percent of the Earth's surface,

Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas of the United States ... Virtual Library. Welcome to the marine protected areas (MPA) library. You can search our resources by typing

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