Talk:World Commission on Protected Areas
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[edit] Some Notes for a Proposed History
- 1969: General Assmebly of the IUCN defines the term 'Naional Park'[1]
- 1973: IUCN publishes a preliminary categories system fo National Parks, based largely on the pioneering work of Dr Ray Dassman[1].
- 1978 IUCN published the Commission for National Parks and Protected Areas report on Categories, Objectives and Criteria
for Protected Areas, which was prepared by the CNPPA Committee on Criteria and Nomenclature chaired by Dr Kenton Miller. This proposed these ten categories)[1]:
- I Scientific Reserve/Strict Nature Reserve
- II National Park
- III Natural Monument/Natural Landmark
- IV Nature Conservation Reserve/Managed Nature Reserve/Wildlife Sanctuary
- V Protected Landscape
- VI Resource Reserve
- VII Natural Biotic Area/Anthropological Reserve
- VIII Multiple Use Management Area/Managed Resource Area
- IX Biosphere Reserve
- X World Heritage Site (natural)
[edit] Exernal Links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c World Commission on Protected Areas (nd) Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories Accessed 6 May 2008
