Before revision: "Measuring the Extent and Effectiveness of Protected Areas as an Indicator for Meeting Global Biodiversity Targets", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol.360 (2005) pp.443–455 In October 2010, UNEP-WCMC launched the social media-based website Protected Planet, which allows users to interact with and improve the data that is currently recorded on the World Database on Protected Areas.United Nations Environment Programme Press Release: "Nagoya 2010: ProtectedPlanet.net takes you to 150,000 spectacular nature sites" Published 19 October 2010 Coral reefs near Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the largest marine protected area in the WDPA Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Image credit: Dr. Randi Rotjan) Content The WDPA uses the IUCN's definition of a protected area as the main criteria for entries to be included in the database.
After revision: "Measuring the Extent and Effectiveness of Protected Areas as an Indicator for Meeting Global Biodiversity Targets", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol.360 (2005) pp.443–455 In October 2010, UNEP-WCMC launched the social media-based website Protected Planet, which allows users to interact with and improve the data that is currently recorded on the World Database on Protected Areas.United Nations Environment Programme Press Release: "Nagoya 2010: ProtectedPlanet.net takes you to 150,000 spectacular nature sites" Published 19 October 2010 Coral reefs near Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the largest marine protected area in the WDPA Phoenix Islands Protected Area Content The WDPA uses the IUCN's definition of a protected area as the main criteria for entries to be included in the database.