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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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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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- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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- European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)
- University of Leeds
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2011
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