Concept information
Preferred term
Definition
- Portions of land protected by special restrictions and laws for the conservation of the natural environment. They include large tracts of land set aside for the protection of wildlife and its habitat; areas of great natural beauty or unique interest; areas containing rare forms of plant and animal life; areas representing unusual geologic formation; places of historic and prehistoric interest; areas containing ecosystems of special importance for scientific investigation and study; and areas which safeguard the needs of the biosphere.
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Narrower concepts
- animal corridor
- anthropologic reserve
- biosphere reserve
- clean air area
- estuarine conservation area
- green corridor
- marine conservation area
- multiple use management area
- national park
- natural monument
- protected landscape
- refuge
- reserve
- resource reserve
- water protection area
- wildlife sanctuary
- world heritage site
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