The World Database on Protected Areas Consortium Silvio Olivieri WDPA Consortium

The growth of WDPA A Success story… –WDPA 2004: double the size of WDPA 2003 in 4 months… –Publication of WDPA 2003 catalyzed interest in providing new datasets the first delivery of the Biodiversity Knowledge Commons

WDPA 2004 Advances Double amount of data (1GB) GIS data: from 18% of PAs (I-VI) with polygons to 37% coverage 10,000 CD-Roms distributed

WDPA 2004 limitations Polygon coverage: provide analysis for I- VI in surface area protected and in hotspots.

The 12+ % Protected Is the 12+% of Terrestrial Area Protected worldwide an overestimate?… Quality of coverage of data sources (i.e. missing data) Quality of the data (i.e. wrong data) Quality control (wrong manipulation of data) A role for field based organizations: WCPA and Consortium members

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

Coiba Marine PA

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

Non-IUCN PAs ~36,000 PAs in 186 countries of 401 different types Include many areas that shuould be in categories I – VI Include many that should not be counted for conservation purposes

Non-IUCN PAs COUNTRYFIRST_DESICOUNT% ot total% cum United KingdomSite of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)715220% United StatesNational Game Reserve439012%32% FinlandProtected Mire31779%41% SwedenWildlife and Plant Sanctuary26667%48% NorwayBog/Mire Reserve16195%53% NetherlandsNature Conservation Law15484%57% UgandaForest Reserve14044%61% NigeriaGame Reserve9803%64% PolandArea of Protected Landscape8602%66% CanadaProvincial Park7892%68% Tanzania, United Republic ofState Forest Reserve7122%70% JapanPrefectural Wildlife Protection Area6612%72% ZambiaForest Reserve6062%74% MalaysiaForest Reserve6012%76% BelgiumState Nature Reserve5582%77% BrazilIndigenous Area4771%78% Sri LankaJungle Corridor4101%80% New ZealandGovernment Purpose Reserve3861%81%

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

Venezuela – Brazil border

Data quality issues that affects % area protected estimate Inaccuracy of point-data surface figures Terrestrial / marine components of PAs The inclusion of “non-IUCN” areas Overlapping PAs (Venezuela worst case) Missing data

PAs w/o geographic location PAs with 0.00 Values for Latitude and Longitude PA CategoryTotal CountTotal Records National IUCN I-VI PAs 10,872 69,358 National Other PAs 6,948 35,953 International PAs - 2,515 Total 17, ,826 % Total16.5

National IUCN I-VI National Other Areas WCPA Region Total Records with 0.0 Lat. & Lon. Values Total Records % PAs with 0.0 Lat. & Lon. Values Total Records with 0.0 Lat. & Lon. Values Total Records % PAs with 0.0 Lat. & Lon. Values Antarctic Australia and New Zealand 1 9, Brazil Caribbean Central America East Asia 121 2, Eastern and Southern Africa , Europe 7,556 24, ,750 19, North Africa and Middle East North America 863 8, , North Eurasia , Pacific South America South Asia South East Asia 789 1, Western and Central Africa , TOTAL , ,953.00

Current status Total PAs in WDPA 2004 Total with GIS data % with GIS data National IUCN I to VI 69,35820, % National Other Protected Areas 35,95317, % 105,31138, % International 2, % International (Regional PAs) 3,2981, % 5,8132, % 111,12441, %

International PAs International (Global agreements) Known Number of Sites In WDPA 2004 with GIS data % with GIS data Biosphere Reserves % World Heritage Sites % RAMSAR Sites1,3281, %

The Management of WDPA Transparent protocols Database management integrated in database at field level Quality control systems and protocols

The architecture of WDPA Missing features in relation to data contents –Marine / terrestrial components of PAs –PAs with zoning, with different IUCN categories –No history of data evolution –No redundant / alternate data –Data estimates for key fields –Data accuracy for key fields –Better management of data sources / metadata

The delivery of the WDPA Annual releases of stable versions Central database up-to-date Proposed architecture called for a service- oriented database that would allow other organizations to link additional data, information or analysis

WDPA 2004 by COP7 WDPA 2005 (by WCC, November 2004) Development of WDPA –Architecture –Decentralization –Transparent Procedures and Protocols –Quality Control –Expand & improve contents WDPA Website to link users Insure sustained funding Mobilize WCPA members at regional levels Engage major stakeholders (CBD/CHM,…) Annual Plan for 2004

Governance WDPA Consortium WDPA IUCN UNEP World Commission on Protected Areas World Commission on Protected Areas UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre WDPA Partners Network WDPA Advisory Council Chinese Academy of Science Univ. of Buenos Aires EEA, European Env. Agency … Convention on Biological Diversity RAMSAR …

New datasets (partial list) Mesoamerica Brazil Venezuela Colombia Caribbean Micronesia – Polynesia Egypt Iran …