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Roseberry Topping, a Site of Special Scientific Interest on North York Moors, England

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, USA

Kakadu Escarpment, in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory of Australia

Lake and bog of Black Moshannon State Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Yosemite National Park, California, USA

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.

Sub projects

Open tasks

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

Create stubs (including the protected area infobox) for missing articles that may be mentioned in Talk page or listed here.
Stubs should be created from the existing World Database of Protected Areas stewarded by the World Conservation Monitoring Center.

Add infobox to, or upgrade to current template, articles in:
- List of Canadian national parks (needs map similar to Australia, New Zealand, and U.S.)
- List of areas in the National Park System of the United States (all National Parks and National Memorials are done)
- List of U.S. National Forests
- List of National Wildlife Refuges
- United States National Marine Sanctuary
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

Create a full List of National Landscape Conservation System areas
Expand stub articles from Category:Protected area stubs
Create navigation box templates similar to {{National parks of the United States}} and {{National Historical Parks of the United States}} (including the clickable map) for each classification of US Park (Monuments, Memorials, etc.).

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.

Articles

As of May 2008 there are 3,192 articles associated with this wikiproject, by checking category.

It should be possible to show them classified by stub / start / B-class / good / featured status.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Protected Areas articles by quality statistics

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 ([state/province/...] (where applicable), [country name], [distance and direction from (a) major or well known city/cities]) 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 ([state/province/...], 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

Wikiproject message

{{WikiProject Protected Areas}} or {{WikiProject Protected areas}} or {{WikiProject protected areas}} or {{Messagebox protected areas}} can be added to talk pages. It gives this:

The WikiProject banner below should be moved to this page's talk page.
If this is a demonstration of the template, please set the parameter |category=no to prevent this page being miscategorised.

WikiProject Protected areas

	This article is part of WikiProject Protected Areas, a WikiProject related to national parks and other protected areas worldwide. It may include the protected area infobox.

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.

Matt Merrifield - I would love to figure out how to link these pages to the World Database of Protected Areas
Guy
Ram-Man
D.D.
mav (working on U.S. national parks and monuments; so far have brought several to FA status)
Tiles
Tannin (more a well-wisher than a participant as my plate is too full, but perhaps one day)
Walt Pohl
Rmhermen 16:28, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)
Claude Muncey
Viriditas
Eric Polk
Chase I
Mr. Endo
Brz7
MONGO Commenced use of templates for Wilderness areas in United States
Diceman 18:10, 17 September 2005 (UTC) I've started adding tables to the Australian Parks, so that would make me a participant.
Eoghanacht, 2005 Sep 28. Am using the template on various sites in the U.S.
Ravedave 07:18, 2 October 2005 (UTC) - Heck yeah! Just stumbled on this. Working on Minnesota parks. I'll start adding the template.
hike395: I've been gradually working on U.S. wilderness areas
Nationalparks: Mostly dealing with US National Park Service sites.
Walter Siegmund: Editing and adding template to areas in Washington, Oregon and California, primarily.
Jcw69 - African input
Banes - More African input.
Benjamin – Texas state parks
--Aude - As a cartographer, I'm willing to help with maps, and work on U.S. National Historic Sites, as well as Canadian National Parks that woefully lack any standard.
Darwinek - I can help too. Currently adding infoboxes to some National Parks and adding WikiProject messagebox to talk pages.
Ghirlandajo - I added the project notice to articles on Nature reserves in Russia
Daniel Case – Will do the wilderness areas (and possibly wild forests) in New York State's Catskill Park and possibly some in the Adirondack Park, too.
CuBiXcRaYfIsH Willing to do anything related to US National Parks, currently planning an update to the National Park Service Article. I can do whatever just need some guidance
Reisio – will try to help out soon :)
Antandrus (talk) - Worked on some in California; also happy to contribute pictures to places I've been.
User:Cgoodwin (talk) - NSW, in particular the Northern Tablelands
Matilda 21:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC) Australian, in particular south-eastern New South Wales and the ACT
James Neill - Australian, SE NSW and the ACT.
- could help with some maps and stuff
Mostlyharmless 01:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC) will try and work on New Zealand's protected areas (approx 25% land area, 1.5% of seas)
Dwmartin- working on PA's in Missouri, specifically USFS and USFWS areas
(talk) - I have been working on getting the various articles related to the Monongahela National Forest up to snuff.
Rmwarnick 05:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC) - I am working on Utah wilderness areas and related articles
21:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC) - I hope to contribute from time to time.
ClarkBHM 19:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC) - I had already started on several National Wildlife Refuges before discovering the project. I'm happy to contribute.
Mysid 11:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC) – Working mostly on the Finnish national park and wilderness area articles by translating from fi-wiki and browsing maps. I've also made a locator map for them.
ScottyBoy900Q 00:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC). I contribute a lot of pictures so I'll be working in that area mostly. I'm a historic preservation graduate student and am often monitoring these pages anyway.
False Prophet Will help the BWCA article
Sam67fr 16:59, 6 May 2006 (UTC) I hope I will help with some pictures
PDXblazers - Will fix what I can on US National Park and Monument Articles.
Nebular110 - Will mostly work on U.S. Monuments and Historic sites.
Skookum1 - Canada sites/areas (mostly BC and stubs for items in Western Canada and North; not familiar with the East or US so much).
the dharma bum - I'll do what I can!
SP-KP 21:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC) bashing away at Britain's 5000+ Sites of Special Scientific Interest SP-KP 21:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Ruhrfisch 01:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC) Working on State Forests and State Parks in Pennsylvania so far
Peter Campbell Talk! 01:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC) I will work on some Australian parks and reserves
GrandTeton
Mosamiazaz 00:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC) - I have lots of my own photos of US NPS sites
17:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC) Working on African national parks at the moment.
Nzovu 20:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC) - Will put in some work (and photos) on PAs in Southeast Asia and Africa as required
Ryeguy 04:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC) - Will focus on NPS and NPS units.
Qyd (talk · contribs) - Work on Canadian parks and Alberta parks, mostly stub to start, some mapping.
Leeannedy 13:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC) - Recently completed major expansion of Russell Cave National Monument, will focus on areas in Southeastern United States, can assist with translation from German (if needed)
Suicidalhamster 04:20, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - Working on SSSIs in Britain.
McGhiever - Working on state parks in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Scorpion0422 - Will work on many Ontario Provincial Parks.
ForrestCroce 04:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC) - Working on western US wilderness areas; photographer
19 January 2007
10:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC) - India related also created Wikipedia: WikiProject Protected areas of India
Dincher - Pennsylvania State Parks and other places in Pennsylvania, also state parks in North Carolina and Delaware
Pedronj87
Patricknoddy 00:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Altosax 456 18:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC) working on ohio state parks
Padraic - worked in Ontario Parks for 4 summers, will be working on those articles primarily.
1013-andy 04:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC) - Expanded a stub on Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge; I also live near a park myself... go there often.
Ari Epstein - Work on Adirondack Park and other protected areas in New York
Svetovid 16:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC) -I've worked on all 9 National Parks of Slovakia and will work on all landscape protected areas (second in importance) + other protected areas in Slovakia.
-- Sander Säde 16:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC) -- Working on National Parks and Nature Reserves of Estonia.
18:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC) - I hope to work on wildlife reserves and protected areas. This is about the most rewarding and relaxing work I can see anyone doing here on this chaotic encyclopedia.
--Moni3 20:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)Moni3 Just yesterday I visited Everglades NP and had one of the best days ever, but to find its article a mere fraction of the quality it should be. That tears it. It's on my list of things to improve now.
Kaly99 (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC) working on protected areas in Sierra Leone.
User:Marcia Wright Working on wilderness areas and national forests in California. 10:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Justin Morris Working on maps in Utah.
Richard New Forest (talk) 14:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC) SSSIs and international conservation designations in United Kingdom (former NCC and EN officer).
Doncram doncram (talk) 02:28, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Barkjon 02:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Bruceanthro (talk) 13:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC) - interested in cultural heritage listed, indigenous co-managed, and/or private protected areas, especially in Queensland, Australia.
Magnetawan
LeheckaG (talk) 21:53, 20 June 2008 (UTC) South-Eastern Alaska, Northern Ohio, and South-Western Massachusetts
18:07, 22 June 2008 (UTC) - Mostly African and South American national parks and reserves
01:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC) US and Canadian national parks and forests
Igloo321 (talk) 22:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC) working on Japanese national parks

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