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Protected areas have been considered important sites for biodiversity conservation. These areas are considered as the last sanctuaries for endangered and vulnerable species worldwide (Fig. 6.1). Protected areas cover around 15.4% of the world’s land area and 3.4% of the global ocean area (UNEP 2015). The 2014 United Nations List of Protected Areas covers information of over 209,000 protected areas, from 193 countries, covering more than 32 million km2 and distributed within 11 regions: areas beyond National jurisdiction, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America and Southern Oceans (Deguignet et al. 2014).
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- Global Ocean Area
- Protected Areas
- International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN)
- Protected Area Zoning
- Ecotourism Activities
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Ramírez, F., Santana, J. (2019). National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation. In: Environmental Education and Ecotourism. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01968-6_6
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