These guidelines expand on the system of categories designed to provide a basis for international comparison, identifying categories by their main management objectives and offering 40 examples of how the six categories have been applied. Indipensable for those preparing national protected areas systems plans.
Trilingual document in English, French and Spanish. German and Japanese versions issued separately, containing only chapters 1 and 2. Different languages available in electronic format are French version, Spanish version, German version, and Japanese version