An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means.
National parks are probably the best-known PAs, but there are many other categories. Protected areas are those which a higher level governmental entity manages, maintains and or oversees directly. For instance in the United States, this would include primarily federal and to a lesser degree, state managed areas, but rarely those managed by a county or city.
There shall be a List of Conservation topics which lists the various topics on conservation. (This probably does not belong here...)
There shall be four article levels in this WikiProject:
Level 1: An article called "Protected area" shall discuss PAs in general, as opposed to any particular PA. Since a PA is almost always associated with one country, it will provide an alphabetical list (with links) of countries that have PAs. An extra item "International Protected Areas" will be added to the list for PAs that are shared by two or more countries.
Level 2: These articles shall discuss a particular country's PAs in general. It shall have an alphabetical list of PA types (such as National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, ... / no links) which exist in that country, followed by a description. For each type (or combination of types) the existing PAs will be listed alphabetically (with links). For a PA that lies in a dependent territory of that country a mention shall be made of that territory.
Level 3: In countries where all or part of the PAs are not managed on a country level the level 2 articles will contain an alphabetical list of the states/provinces/... (with links) that manage the PAs. The links to which they point shall be the level 3 articles. They shall have the same structure as the level 2 articles.
A description. This should contain the PAs location ([state/province/...] (where applicable), [country name], [distance and direction from (a) major or well known city/cities], [date established], [area size], and its main features/points of interest. If available, one or more photos can be included;
A template containing:
The PA's name;
IUCN Category;
A map locator;
Its location ([state/province/...], country);
The nearest major or well known city;
The PA's area (km², if acres, provide km² in parenthesis); Use {{Convert}}.
Its latitude and longitude (major feature, main visitor center if within PA, or center);
The date of establishment;
The yearly visitation (and year the number is from) if available
The governing body/bodies;
A link to the corresponding level 3 article and (an) external link(s), if available.
Note: depending on the IUCN category a different colour background is used.
Disambiguation pages are probably the best solution if there are PAs of the same type and with the same name in different countries/states/provinces/etc. Example: Glacier National Park
In May 2008 there were 3,192 articles associated with this wikiproject, by checking category. The number of articles tagged as in the scope of the WikiProject passed 7,000 in July 2011, 10,000 in July 2012, and 16,000 in April 2017.
Status page which details current status of articles within the scope of this project.
Popular pages - top 500 most viewed articles within the scope of this project.
New articles
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
CuBiXcRaYfIsH Willing to do anything related to US National Parks, currently planning an update to the National Park Service Article. I can do whatever just need some guidance
Antandrus (talk) - Worked on some in California; also happy to contribute pictures to places I've been.
Rmwarnick 05:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC) - I am working on Utah wilderness areas and related articles
Kyoko 21:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC) - I hope to contribute from time to time.
ClarkBHM 19:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC) - I had already started on several National Wildlife Refuges before discovering the project. I'm happy to contribute.
Mysid 11:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC) – Working mostly on the Finnish national park and wilderness area articles by translating from fi-wiki and browsing maps. I've also made a locator map for them.
ScottyBoy900Q∞ 00:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC). I contribute a lot of pictures so I'll be working in that area mostly. I'm a historic preservation graduate student and am often monitoring these pages anyway.
Leeannedy 13:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC) - Recently completed major expansion of Russell Cave National Monument, will focus on areas in Southeastern United States, can assist with translation from German (if needed)
Suicidalhamster 04:20, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - Working on SSSIs in Britain.
McGhiever - Working on state parks in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Scorpion0422 - Will work on many Ontario Provincial Parks.
ForrestCroce 04:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC) - Working on western US wilderness areas; photographer
Svetovid 16:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC) -I've worked on all 9 National Parks of Slovakia and will work on all landscape protected areas (second in importance) + other protected areas in Slovakia.
-- SanderSäde 16:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC) -- Working on National Parks and Nature Reserves of Estonia.
Havelok 18:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC) - I hope to work on wildlife reserves and protected areas. This is about the most rewarding and relaxing work I can see anyone doing here on this chaotic encyclopedia.
--Moni3 20:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)Moni3 Just yesterday I visited Everglades NP and had one of the best days ever, but to find its article a mere fraction of the quality it should be. That tears it. It's on my list of things to improve now.
Bruceanthro (talk) 13:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC) - interested in cultural heritage listed, indigenous co-managed, and/or private protected areas, especially in Queensland, Australia.
Acroterion(talk) 01:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC) US and Canadian national parks and forests
Igloo321 (talk) 22:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC) working on Japanese national parks
Awickert (talk) 15:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC) State and national parks and forests, primarily in Minnesota, USA, and in other areas where I've worked
WikiCamper (talk) 03:57, 17 January 2009 (UTC) Full time travelers. We visit and stay in many state and national parks. I will add content wherever I can.
droll[chat] 23:48, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Primarily interested in cleanup and template improvement. I have already worked on improving a number of articles.
prashanthns (talk) 09:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC) Improving stubs and creating articles on lesser known PAs. Improving flora/fauna on existing PA articles. Have already been doing it, but adding name now.
MED usgswrd (talk) Worked in Glacier National Park and have visited MANY others!!! As a geologist and environmentalist, I will QA/QC the geologic and hydrologic descriptions of NPS WP sites (when I have time).--Michael E. Degnan, Jr. 23:39, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Alexikoua working on regions in Greece (talk) 05:37, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Elekhh (talk) 00:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC) - I contributed to many PA articles: particularly Indonesian NPs and Ramsar sites wordlwide. Happy to discover this large wiki project group!
User:Kendall Shackelford 11:59, 21 March (UTC) (UTC) - Mostly working on New York state parks and other protected areas.
Sauer kraut 17:56, 17 August 2016 - Stoked to be here to help!
Cynthisa (talk) 12:32, 3 August 2017 - Hope to find time to add to this. Worked on protected land preservation in Riverside County, CA. Have lots of details & pix.
Dave.Dunford (talk) 16:33, 28 July 2018 (UTC) – mainly interested in protected areas in England, particularly Cheshire, Derbyshire and Oxfordshire.
Tigerdude9 (talk) 02:52, 26 December 2018 (UTC) My favorite animal is the grizzly bear. It says so on my user page.
David Tornheim (talk) 11:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC) -- I have taken a big interest in geology lately, especially from reading the Roadside Geology series and visiting important sites. I have many of their books.
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