Definitions for protected area
pro·tect·ed area

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1. protected areanoun

   the central, rectangular area of the pitch onto which the bowlers may not run during their follow through

2. protected areanoun

   an area where natural values are protected. The most common definitions of protected areas are those of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) .

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1. Protected area

   Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved. Generally speaking though, protected areas are understood to be those in which human presence or at least the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited.The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas, the boundaries of which will include some area of ocean, and transboundary protected areas that overlap multiple countries which remove the borders inside the area for conservation and economic purposes. There are over 161,000 protected areas in the world (as of October 2010) with more added daily, representing between 10 and 15 percent of the world's land surface area.As of 2016, there are 14,688 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and approximately 14.7% of the world's terrestrial and inland water areas (excluding Antarctica) are protected. For waters under national jurisdiction beyond inland waters, approximately 10.2% of coastal and marine areas and 4.12% of global ocean areas are covered by marine protected areas. In contrast, only 0.25% of the world's oceans beyond national jurisdiction are covered by MPAs. As of December 2022, 17% of land and 10% of ocean territory were protected.In recent years, the 30 by 30 initiative has targeted to protect 30% of ocean territory and 30% of land territory worldwide by 2030; this has been adopted by the European Union in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Campaign for Nature which promoted the goal during the Convention on Biodiversity's COP15 Summit and the G7. In December 2022, Nations have reached an agreement with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the COP15, which includes the 30 by 30 initiative.Protected areas are implemented for biodiversity conservation, often providing habitat and protection from hunting for threatened and endangered species. Protection helps maintain ecological processes that cannot survive in most intensely managed landscapes and seascapes.

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1. Protected area

   Protected areas or natural parks are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organisations involved. The term "protected area" also includes Marine Protected Areas, the boundaries of which will include some area of ocean. There are over 161,000 protected areas in the world with more added daily, representing between 10 and 15 percent of the world's land surface area. By contrast, only 1.17% of the world's oceans is included in the world's ~6,800 Marine Protected Areas. Protected areas are essential for biodiversity conservation. They are the cornerstones of virtually all national and international conservation strategies. They are areas set aside to maintain functioning natural ecosystems, to act as refuges for species and to maintain ecological processes that cannot survive in most intensely managed landscapes and seascapes. Protected areas act as benchmarks against which we understand human interactions with the natural world. Today they are often the only hope we have of stopping many threatened or endangered species from becoming extinct.

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1. protected area

   a compound, mean an area fenced in with limited entry

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on May 27, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of protected area in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of protected area in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of protected area in a Sentence

1. Oxford University:

   Each removal of a male lion by hunters on the borders of the park created a 'territorial vacuum' which drew males from further inside the protected area into boundary areas, where they too became vulnerable to hunters.

2. Nicholas Brown:

   Being in a protected area, you are able to make sure that your investment is well covered ; you're not having the chance of developments going on locally.

3. Francis Ambroise:

   The company has supply contracts preventing sellers from sourcing their maize from the forest or any other protected area, we work with (environmental group) Fanamby to control our suppliers, respect the contracts' clauses and to ensure the traceability of our maize supply ... using maize from protected areas would be against what we consider to be our society responsibility.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Protected_Area
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Area
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=protected area