Protected areas

A dataset of Protected Areas in Africa, containing a sub-set of areas from the WDPA dataset:

  • only areas pertaining to Sub-Saharan Africa
  • no Marine Proteced Areas
  • only Designated areas, no proposed areas.

IUCN and UNEP-WCMC 2016, The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), June 2016, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.

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Additional Info

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Source www.protectedplanet.net
Last Updated April 26, 2018, 18:59 (UTC)
Created June 22, 2016, 19:13 (UTC)
Topic Environment
Region Africa
Published year 2016
Group Off-Grid Market Opportunities
demand-tool-group Land Use
demand-tool-indicator-options { "value": { "property": "HIGHWAY", "type": "categorical", "values": ["Within 5 km of road"] }, "geometry": { "type": "fill-error" } }
demand-tool-type indicator