Strict Nature Reserve/Wilderness Area:
Protected area managed mainly for science of wilderness protection.
An international team of scientists is calling for the creation of marine
protected areas in the high seas, despite criticism that such areas would be difficult and costly to enforce and manage.
The penalties for stealing scallops in a
protected area are a fine of up to pounds 50,000 or two years in prison.
In Bariloche, each country presented a national report on the state of its
protected areas, and officials agreed to coordinate efforts so that lessons learned in the management of, say, Peru's Manu National Park might be applied to Panama's Darien National Park or Venezuela's Canaima National Park or any other
protected area in the Americas.
Educating the local people about the new marine
protected area, and getting their help, is one of the first goals of the project.
Protected Areas and the Regional Planning Imperative in North America: Integrating Nature, Conservation, and Sustainable Development
Policy-makers,
protected area managers, biodiversity experts, representatives from various international organizations, businesses, indigenous peoples and local communities, academia, and the youth will convene in Pakse, Champasak Province, Lao PDR.
According to Sharjah's Environment and
Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the nature reserve established in 2007 , covers an area of approximately 4.5 square kilometres.
Life in a
protected area never ends even though any being cease of live at some point.
Area Superintendent Salud Pangan said her team was investigating illegal logging at the Banahaw
protected area, and asked the villagers in Bogon to cooperate in the arrest of environment culprits.
The pastoral community lands make up what is now called the 'core
protected area'.