Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas 22 4. Secretariat support is provided by staff of the IUCN Programme on Protected Areas, with whom WCPA implements a shared strategic plan and work plan. The system of protected area management categories defined and monitored by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) currently sets the standard for internationally recognized protected area management. In 1996, the World Commission on Protected Areas took on its current name with the approval of the IUCN congress. If you would like to order this publication please contact: IUCN Publications Service Unit 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, United Kingdom or IUCN Communications Division The categories are recognised by international bodies such as the United Nations and by many national governments as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas and as such are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. WCPA is a network of volunteers. Defi ning Protected Areas An international conference in Almeria, Spain, May 2007 Edited by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton . CCEA Occasional Paper No. Table 2.2 Matrix of management objectives and IUCN protected area management categories (IUCN, 1994) Management objective Ia Ib II III IV V VI Scientific research 1322223 Wilderness protection 21233–2 Preservation of species and genetic diversity (biodiversity) 1211121 * biodiversity. Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas The definition that has been widely accepted across regional and global frameworks has been provided by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in its categorisation guidelines for protected areas. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Protected areas, biodiversity and conservation 2.1 A short history of protected areas Protected areas are a cultural artefact, and have a long history. Supported by IUCN Resolution – Barcelona Additional guidance and resolutions*** 7 The category guidelines have three main elements: 1. Generally, protected areas are understood to be those in which human occupation or at least the exploitation of resources is limited. 18. The IUCN protected area management categories are a global framework, recognised by the Conv ention on Biological Diversity , for categorizing the variety of protected ar ea manage- October 2014. -providing concrete guidance and examples of how protected areas can be designed, managed, assessed and utilised to achieve both ambitious conservation goals and development plans. IUCN protected areas management categories system. Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories 1 This is an extract of the IUCN publication “Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories”. Protected areas, biodiversity and conservation The IUCN protected area management categories system is based upon the primary objective of management. IUCN Protected Area Management Categories ACRONYMS AREAS COUNTRIES MARINE TERMS DEFINITION An internationally recognized system for categorising the management approach adopted at individual protected areas. The IUCN protected area management categories as applied to MPAs The 2008 Guidelines give a full description of each of the six categories of protected area management (Chapter 2, pages 12–23) and Table 9 (Chapter 6, pages 57–58) provides notes Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC DESCRIPTION Protected areas are a … IUCN protected area categories at the World Conservation Congress in October 2008 following a major global consultative process.