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Nationally designated areas

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Areas designated under national legislation for the purpose of nature protection including sites such as national parks and nature reserves.

Data host: 

European Environment Agency

Unit of Measurement: 

Square Kilometer (km2)

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/nationally-designated-areas-national… [2]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [3]

Geographical Level: 

  • National [4]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [5]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
World Protected Areas (WDPA) [7]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1850 to 2009

Frequency of Updates: 

  • irregular [8]

Indicator developer: 

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)

Link to Methodology: 

Nationally designated protected areas [9]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [10]

Data quality assesment: 

  • assessed by international institution including WTO, OECD [11]

Publishing delay: 

  • more than 3 years [12]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Nationally designated protected areas (SEBI 007) - Assessment published Jun 2011 [13]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Designated protected areas are beneficial for the environment and for the Green Economy in general.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are habitats increasingly protected, but also increasingly fragmented?
Related Indicator: 
Fragmentation of natural habitats [15]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the number of designated areas increasing, but agriculture is intensifying (thus area under agri-environmental commitment is shrinking)?
Related Indicator: 
Area under agri-environmental commitment [16]

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation: 

Name of agreement or policy: 

Convention on Biological Diversity

Name of body or organisation: 

United Nations

Link to body or organisation: 

http://www.cbd.int/protected/ [17]

Name of agreement or policy: 

Nationally designated areas (CDDA)

Name of body or organisation: 

European Environmental Agency

Link to body or organisation: 

Nationally designated areas (CDDA) [2]

Name of agreement or policy: 

Global protected areas programme

Name of body or organisation: 

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Link to body or organisation: 

global protected areas programme [18]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/nationally-designated-areas

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/723
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/nationally-designated-areas-national-cdda-9#tab-european-data
[3] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/world-protected-areas-wdpa
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/21
[9] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nationally-designated-protected-areas
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/39
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/26
[13] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nationally-designated-protected-areas/nationally-designated-protected-areas-assessment-1
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/fragmentation-natural-habitats
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/area-under-agri-environmental-commitment
[17] http://www.cbd.int/protected/
[18] http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/