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Layer: Áreas Protegidas de América del Norte, 2021 (ID: 0)

Name: Áreas Protegidas de América del Norte, 2021

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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The new map of the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.cec.org/north-american-environmental-atlas/north-american-protected-areas-2021/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>North America Protected Areas</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> is an update of the map published in 2017 by the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.cec.org/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Commission for Environmental Cooperation</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>. This new map integrates the most recent databases available as of August 2021 in Canada, the United States and Mexico.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>As defined by the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.iucn.org/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>, a protected area represents: “A clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystems services and cultural values”.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.cec.org/north-american-environmental-atlas/north-american-protected-areas-2021/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>North America Protected Areas map</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> shows all the areas that have been categorized in the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/about/protected-area-categories" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification scheme</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>, and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), areas that do not meet the formal definition of protected areas but are managed in a way that conserves biodiversity over the long term and are subject to special protection.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Protected areas shown in the updated North America Protected Areas map include areas such as National Parks, Provincial or State Parks, Territorial Parks, Indigenous Protected Areas, National Wildlife Areas and Refugees, Migratory Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas in Canada. In the United states, the map encompasses areas dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity by means of legal structures such as Fees, Easements and other types of legal designation actions. In Mexico, the map reports important areas dedicated to preservation such as Biosphere Reserves, National, State and Municipal Parks, Voluntary Conservation Areas and other conservation establishments such as UNESCO World Heritage sites and Ramsar sites.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The main data sources for this new map are comprised by the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/protected-conserved-areas-database.html" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> (a databases that replaces the previous Conservation Areas Reporting and Tracking System (CARTS)), the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/pad-us-data-download?qt-science_center_objects=0" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US)</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>, and the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/MEX" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Mexican protected areas reported by the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The new map standardizes 23 information attributes on protected areas across North America. Adding information on other conservation areas not categorized by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the full description of IUCN categories, link to source information for all polygons, comments reported by the source data provider, definition of sub-surface rights status (only in Canada), areas counted towards the Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 (only in Canada), Governance type describing the decision-making structure of protected or conserved areas (Canada and Mexico only), and the codes describing the USA classification for protected areas (only in the USA).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-indent:20;margin:0 0 11 0;"><A href="http://www.cec.org:80/north-american-environmental-atlas/north-american-protected-areas-2021/" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Files Download</SPAN></A></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Copyright Text: Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). 2021. “Protected Areas of North America, 2021”. Environment and Climate Change Canada, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Gap Analysis Project (GAP), The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Ed. 2.0, Vector digital data [1:10,000,000].

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