Procedure for assigning IUCN protected area management categories
2008
Atauri Mezquida, José Antonio |
Múgica de la Guerra, Marta |
Gómez-Limón Garcia, Javier |
Fernández, José Vicente de Lucio |
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.