Box 9MM Protected areas: six management categories

Category I: Strict Nature Reserve/Wilderness Area: managed mainly for science or wilderness protection
Category II: National Park: managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation
Category III: Natural Monument/Natural Landmark: managed mainly for conservation of a specific natural feature
Category IV: Habitat and Species Management Area: mainly for conservation through management intervention
Category V: Protected Landscape/Seascape: managed mainly for landscape/seascape protection and recreation (see also Chapter 8)
Category VI: Managed Resource Protected Area: managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural resources.

Note: the first five categories have been in use since 1978; the sixth was added in 1992

Source: Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)