Before revision: A Private Protected Area, also known as a 'Private Reserve' is not an official category within IUCN's Protected Area guidelines, but simply encompasses those protected areas that fall under geographical space that is privately owned and 'kept aside' for public benefit and will be likely to fall into any one of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories.Eleanor Carter, William M. Adams and Jon Hutton 'Private protected areas: management regimes, tenure arrangements and protected area categorization in East Africa' in Oryx Vol.42, No.2 (Cambridge: Flora and Fauna International, 2008) pp.177-186 The IUCN's definition of a Private Protected Area as stated at the 2003 IUCN World Parks Congress is; “a land parcel of any size that is 1) predominantly managed for biodiversity conservation; 2) protected with or without formal government recognition; and 3) is owned or otherwise secured by individuals, communities, corporations or non-governmental organisations” Goriup, Paul (ed.)
After revision: A Private Protected Area, also known as a 'Private Reserve' is not an official category within IUCN's Protected Area guidelines, but simply encompasses those protected areas that fall under geographical space that is privately owned and 'kept aside' for public benefit and will be likely to fall into any one of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories.Eleanor Carter, William M. Adams and Jon Hutton 'Private protected areas: management regimes, tenure arrangements and protected area categorization in East Africa' in Oryx Vol.42, No.2 (Cambridge: Flora and Fauna International, 2008) pp.177-186 The IUCN's definition of a Private Protected Area as stated at the 2003 IUCN World Parks Congress is; “a land parcel of any size that is 1) predominantly managed for biodiversity conservation; 2) protected with or without formal government recognition; and 3) is owned or otherwise secured by individuals, communities, corporations or non-governmental organisations” Mitchell, Brent (ed.)