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Taxonomy: Land/Water Protection

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Definition:
Actions to identify, establish or expand parks and other legally protected areas, and to protect resource rights.
Keywords:
Land protection, water protection, site protection, area protection, resource protection, habitat protection, biodiversity, conservation, action

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This class contains all actions designed to directly protect biodiversity through parks, reserves, easements, or other similar means. It includes Site/Area Protection and Resource and Habitat Protection as sub-categories.

This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Conservation Actions’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation action use the Conservation Pages.

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