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The World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) is a joint product of UNEP and IUCN, managed by UNEP-WCMC, working with governments and other data providers. The database stores information on the global distribution of terrestrial, inland water and marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). This view of the WDPCA shows protected areas only (site_type = 'PA'). Version: October 2026. |
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The World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) is a joint product of UNEP and IUCN, managed by UNEP-WCMC, working with governments and other data providers. The database stores information on the global distribution of terrestrial, inland water and marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). This view of the WDPCA shows protected areas only (site_type = 'PA'). Version: October 2026. |
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UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2026), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) [On-line], [October 2026], Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: https://www.protectedplanet.net/. |
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This view of the WDPCA shows protected areas only (site_type = 'PA').
The World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) is a joint product of UNEP and IUCN, managed by UNEP-WCMC, working with governments and other data providers. The database stores information on the global distribution of terrestrial, inland water and marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). The WDPCA combines the formerly separate World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM).
The database contains data on protected areas and OECMs designated at the national level and under regional and international conventions and agreements, in addition to those recognised through other means. The WDPCA adopts the definitions of a protected area used by IUCN and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the definition of an OECM adopted by Parties to the CBD. |
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No commercial use: Neither (a) the WDPCA Materials and the GD-PAME Materials nor (b) any work derived from or based upon the WDPCA Materials and the GD-PAME Materials (“Derivative Works”) may be put to Commercial Use without the prior written permission of UNEP-WCMC. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “Commercial Use” means a) any use by, on behalf of, or to inform or assist the activities of, a commercial entity (an entity that operates 'for profit') or b) use by any individual or non-profit entity for the purposes of revenue generation. For commercial uses, please go to the IBAT website: https://www.ibat-alliance.org/. For the avoidance of doubt, UNEP-WCMC reserves the right to determine whether a particular use of the WDPCA and GD-PAME Materials constitutes a Commercial Use or otherwise.No Sub-licensing or Redistribution of WDPCA and GD-PAME Data: The WDPCA Materials may not be sub-licensed in whole or in part including within Derivative Works without the prior written permission of UNEP-WCMC. You may not redistribute the WDPCA or Data contained in the WDPCA in whole or in part by any means including (but not limited to) electronic formats such as web downloads, through web services, through interactive web maps (including mobile applications) that grant users download access, KML Files or through file transfer protocols. If you know of others who wish to use the WDPCA Data please refer them to ProtectedPlanet.net. If you wish to provide a service through which the WDPCA Data are downloadable or otherwise made available for redistribution you must contact pca@unep-wcmc.org for permission and further guidance. |
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