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protected area

vr.tr.protected-area · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle protected areas by designation, boundaries, rules, management and access, and respect restrictions.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle protected areas by designation, boundaries, rules, management and access, and respect restrictions.

An area of land or sea protected by law or other effective means for the conservation of nature, landscapes or cultural heritage, such as national parks, nature reserves, natural monuments and historic sites.

What it is for: Conserving nature and heritage and providing recreation.

It can be visit, following rules; manage and monitor it; designate or change boundaries; report damage.

Distinguishing features

Legally protected area

IUCN management categories

Rules restrict activities

Includes cultural heritage sites

What it looks like

Parks, reserves and sites with signage and managed access.

How it is recognised

Designation signs

WDPA records

Natural monuments such as notable trees

Related models

protects - subjects

landscape and forest

is managed by - manager

government agency

is a kind of - place

geographic location

is listed in - register

World Database on Protected Areas

In practice

Families and kinds

national parks

nature reserves

natural monuments

marine protected areas

historic sites and trails

Identifiers

WDPA id numeric protected areas

IUCN category Ia to VI management type

Standards and regulation

Convention on Biological Diversity

EU Natura 2000 directives

National park laws

Failure modes and hazards

Visitor damage

Illegal activities

Unsafe visiting

Also called

botanical natural monumentTree monumentnature experience area in Schleswig-HolsteinNational Historic Trailhistoric reserveNational Historic Sitegreenwaygeological sitepaleoburrowpaleontological sitenatural monumentgeosite of MadeiraCounty Geology SitegeoparkLugar de Interés Geológicoichnological sitefossil trackwaybelemnites graveyardMarine Mammal Sanctuaryhistoric groupingnatural monument in Lower Austrianatural monument in BurgenlandMonument of nature and natural features IIIb (FBIH law)Nature Monument (RS law)Natural Monument on Private LandNatural Monument on State Owned LandNatural monument in StyriaNatural monument in CarinthiaNatural monument in Salzburg stateNatural monument in ViennaTorrione Fiorellinational natural monumentNatural Monument of JapanMunicipal Natural MonumentPrefectural Natural Monumentnature monumentpart of natural monumentNatural monument in Vorarlbergnatural monument in Upper Austrianatural monument in Tyrol (state)

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Designation What protection.

Designation decides rules.

Type

Park, reserve.

Designation

Designation.

  1. What is its designation and IUCN category? provenance
  2. Which authority designated it? provenance

Boundaries

Extent.

Boundaries

Boundaries.

  1. What are its boundaries? provenance
  2. How large is it? measurement
Rules What is allowed.

Rules protect the area.

Activities

Allowed and banned.

Activities

Activity rules.

  1. Which activities are allowed or banned? boundary
  2. Are permits needed? boundary

Enforcement

Rangers.

Enforcement

Enforcement.

  1. Who enforces the rules? provenance
  2. How can violations be reported? action
Values What is protected.

Values justify protection.

Nature

Species and habitats.

Nature

Natural values.

  1. Which species and habitats does it protect? definition
  2. What is their status? measurement

Heritage

Cultural values.

Heritage

Cultural values.

  1. Which cultural heritage does it protect? definition
  2. Whose heritage? provenance
Visiting Access and safety.

Visitors need information.

Access

Routes and facilities.

Access

Visitor access.

  1. How can it be visited? action
  2. Is it accessible? measurement

Safety

Hazards.

Safety

Visitor safety.

  1. What hazards exist? boundary
  2. What should visitors carry? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should designations be separate entries?
  • How should WDPA ids be linked?
  • How should rules be kept current?
Draft as JSON