Overlap between wilderness areas and protected areas under IUCN categories I and II
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Created 10 Oct 2012
Published 22 Oct 2012
Last modified 23 Jan 2015
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Biodiversity — Ecosystems
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In terms of overall number, Estonia, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden have the most protected areas classified
as Category Ia and Ib, and Category II. Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia and Slovenia have the highest number
of protected areas under Category III, but not all countries classify protected areas under this category.
The United Kingdom is the only country within the 39 EEA member and collaborating countries that has no
protected areas in categories I, II or III. No data available for Ireland.
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Last upload:
- 10 Oct 2012
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Temporal coverage:
- 2011
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Tags:
- protected areas , cdda , wilderness
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- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)
- University of Leeds
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Figure type:
- Map
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