Translation of "Le réseau mondial des aires protégées " (French → English) :

The World Coverage of Protected Areas

Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas | International Commission on National Parks | World Commission on Protected Areas | CNPPA [Abbr.] | ICNP [Abbr.] | WCPA [Abbr.]

World Commission on Protected Areas [ WCPA | Commission on National Parks and other Protected Areas | International Commission of National Parks and Protected Areas | International Commission on National Parks ]

A Statement of Commitment to Complete Canada's Networks of Protected Areas

Network of protected areas of Central Africa

In March 2010, EU leaders recognised that the 2010 biodiversity target would not be met despite some major successes, such as establishing Natura 2000, the world’s largest network of protected areas.

They have achieved some good results so far, such as the creation of Natura 2000, the world's largest network of protected areas, covering over 750 000 km2.

28. Urges the Albanian authorities to develop comprehensive management plans for existing national parks in accordance with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission of Protected Areas quality and management guidelines for protected area category II; urges the authorities to abandon any development plans that undermine the country’s protected area network and calls for the abandonment of small- and large-scale hydropower construction plans, particularly inside all national parks; demands, in particular, that the plans to build hydropower plants along the Vjosa River and its tributaries be rethought, sin ...[+++]ce these projects would harm one of Europe’s last extensive, intact and near-natural river ecosystems;

28. Urges the Albanian authorities to develop comprehensive management plans for existing national parks in accordance with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission of Protected Areas quality and management guidelines for protected area category II; urges the authorities to abandon any development plans that undermine the country’s protected area network and calls for the abandonment of small- and large-scale hydropower construction plans, particularly inside all national parks; demands, in particular, that the plans to build hydropower plants along the Vjosa River and its tributaries be rethought, sin ...[+++]ce these projects would harm one of Europe’s last extensive, intact and near-natural river ecosystems;