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Though ] is a featured article, it needs a general expansion and better referencing to maintain this status for much longer...all those interested in helping should do so...it's an article about the world's first offcial National Park and it need a little help. Though ] is a featured article, it needs a general expansion and better referencing to maintain this status for much longer...all those interested in helping should do so...it's an article about the world's first offcial National Park and it need a little help. Has been a featured article since March 2004.


== Structure == == Structure ==

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This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information on all protected areas (or PA 's) in the world.

A PA as defined by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. National parks are probably the best-known PA's, but there are many other categories. Protected areas are those which a higher level governmental entity manages, maintains and or oversees directly. For instance in the United States, this would include primarily federal and to a lesser degree, state managed areas, but rarely those managed by a county or city.

Open tasks

Below are some suggested open tasks for Wikipedians looking to contribute.

See also Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Protected Areas/Status

Cleanup

As of November 2006:

Though Yellowstone National Park is a featured article, it needs a general expansion and better referencing to maintain this status for much longer...all those interested in helping should do so...it's an article about the world's first offcial National Park and it need a little help. Has been a featured article since March 2004.

Structure

There shall be a List of Conservation topics which lists the various topics on conservation. (This probably does not belong here...)

There shall be four article levels in this WikiProject:

  • Level 1: An article called "Protected area" shall discuss PA's in general, as opposed to any particular PA. Since a PA is almost always associated with one country, it will provide an alphabetical list (with links) of countries that have PA's. An extra item "International Protected Areas" will be added to the list for PA's that are shared by two or more countries.
  • Level 2: These articles shall discuss a particular country's PA's in general. It shall have an alphabetical list of PA types (such as National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, ... / no links) which exist in that country, followed by a description. For each type (or combination of types) the existing PA's will be listed alphabetically (with links). For a PA that lies in a dependent territory of that country a mention shall be made of that territory.
  • Level 3: In countries where all or part of the PA's are not managed on a country level the level 2 articles will contain an alphabetical list of the states/provinces/... (with links) that manage the PA's. The links to which they point shall be the level 3 articles. They shall have the same structure as the level 2 articles.
  • Level 4: These shall be the actual PA articles.

Formatting

Formatting of the level 1 article ("Protected area")

  • A general description;
  • A list of countries that have PA's (with links in the "Protected areas of X" format);
  • A link to the page "International protected areas".

Formatting of level 2 articles

  • A general description;
  • A list of PA types with a short explanation;
  • A list of PA's per PA type;
  • A list of states/provinces/... for PA's which are managed on that level (with links in the "Protected areas of X" format).
  • A link to the level 1 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

For test articles see: Protected areas of Australia, Protected areas of the United States

Formatting of level 3 articles

  • A general description;
  • A list of PA types with a short explanation (if that explanation differs from the explanation given on country level);
  • A list of PA's per PA type.
  • A link to the corresponding level 2 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

For a test article see: Protected areas of the Australian Capital Territory

Formatting of level 4 articles

  • A description. This should contain the PA's location ( (where applicable), , ) and its main features/points of interest. If available, one or more photos can be included;
  • A template containing:
    • The PA's name;
    • IUCN Category;
    • A map locator;
    • Its location (, country);
    • The nearest major or well known city;
    • The PA's area (km² if acres, provide km² in parenthesis);
    • Its latitude and longitude (major feature, main visitor center if within PA, or center);
    • The date of establishment;
    • The yearly visitation (and year the number is from) if available
    • The governing body/bodies;
  • A link to the corresponding level 3 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

Note: depending on the IUCN category a different colour background is used.

For test articles see: Bob Marshall Wilderness
Yellowstone National Park

Note

  • Disambiguation pages are probably the best solution if there are PA's of the same type and with the same name in different countries/states/provinces/etc. Example: Glacier National Park

Project messages

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This template adds articles to Category:Articles of WikiProject Protected areas.

Protected-area Stub

You may use {{Protected-area-stub}} for any protected area stubs that you write or come across. This will automatically populate the article in the Category:Protected area stubs category.

NPS Stub

Another stub, for use in National Park Service articles: {{US-NationalParkService-stub}}.

Protected areas infobox

  • Infobox, showing the Infobox template, use practices and explanations.

Status

  • Status page which details current status of articles within the scope of this project.

Participants

Please add yourself to the bottom of the list by typing ~~~~, and add a note if you wish.

Userbox and user category

You may also list yourself in the Category:Participants in WikiProject Protected areas by adding the following to your userpage.

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This user is a member of WikiProject Protected areas.

Or you add the {{user protectedareas}} user box to your userpage. One method is to add "protectedareas" to your {{babel}} box. Inclusion of the userbox will automatically add you to the user category. An alternative user box can be added by placing {{User WPA}} on your user page.

This user is a member of WikiProject Protected areas.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

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