World protected areas

An overview of the world's surface nominally subject to protection and appropriate management. The location of protected areas in IUCN/WCPA categories I-VI greater than 100,000 hectares in area is shown, represented by a point symbol. Protected areas greater than one million ha in extent are represented by polygons instead of point symbols whenever boundary data are available.
Source: UNEP-WCMC database (data extracted March 2002), maintained in collaboration with IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.