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Manual series of EUROPARC-Spain. Action plan for the protected natural areas of Spain

IUCN Publication

Procedimiento para la asignación de las categorías internacionales de manejo de áreas protegidas de la UICN

Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

Author(s):

  • Atauri Mezquida, José Antonio
  • Múgica de la Guerra, Marta
  • Gómez-Limón Garcia, Javier
  • Fernández, José Vicente de Lucio

Organization(s):

  • Europarc-Spain
  • Fundación Interuniversitaria Fernando González Bernáldez, ES
  • IUCN
Publication Year: 
2008
IUCN Publication

Procedure for assigning IUCN protected area management categories

Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

Author(s):

  • Atauri Mezquida, José Antonio
  • Múgica de la Guerra, Marta
  • Gómez-Limón Garcia, Javier
  • Fernández, José Vicente de Lucio

Organization(s):

  • Europarc-Spain
  • Fundación Interuniversitaria Fernando González Bernáldez, ES
  • IUCN
Publication Year: 
2008
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