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Marine Protected Areas: Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystem (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Ocean Studies Board (OSB)

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. "Appendix F: IUCN Protected Area Categories System." Marine Protected Areas: Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystem. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.

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Guidance for Selection

  • The area should be at least two-thirds in a natural condition, although it may also contain limited areas of modified ecosystems; large commercial plantations would not be appropriate for inclusion.

  • The area should be large enough to absorb sustainable resource uses without detriment to its overall long-term natural values.

Organizational Responsibility

Management should be undertaken by public bodies with a unambiguous remit for conservation, and carried out in partnership with the local community; or management may be provided through local custom supported and advised by governmental or non-governmental agencies. Ownership may be by the national or other level of government, the community, private individuals, or a combination of these.

Equivalent Category in 1978 System

This category does not correspond directly with any of those in the 1978 system, although it is likely to include some areas previously classified as ‘Resource Reserves', ‘Natural Biotic Areas/Anthropological Reserves' and ‘Multiple Use Management Areas/Managed Resource Areas.'

SOURCE: IUCN, 1994; Kelleher and Kenchington, 1992.

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