The WDPA Consortium

2004 World Database on Protected Areas

International Sites (Polygons)

Name Description
AREANAME • Name of the Protected Area in the national language
• Transliterated name for languages using different character sets (using appropriate standards)
ISO3 International Organization for Standardization 3-character country code
COUNTRY Country name
LAT Latitude of site in decimal degrees
LON Longitude of site in decimal degrees
GISNAME Character field used to store the name of a protected area taken from the source material
CONV_CODE International Convention code the site is registered under
SITE_CODE Unique identifier of the Protected Area assigned by UNEP-WCMC
CRITERIA International Area criteria
AREA_HA Total area of Protected Area in hectares from official or published source
CONV_FULL International Convention Name
EST_DATE Date of establishment of Protected Area
EXTRA_INFO Additional information about the Protected Area
SOURCE Agency/Organization that contributed the information contains the name of the creator (editor) or creating organization. This may differ from publisher where a published map has been drawn upon. In this case, publisher holds details on the published map, while source contains details on the source data added/drawn onto the published map.
POLY Does the point also have a corresponding polygon? (y/n)
MARINE Whether a Protected Area is marine (y/n)
TITLE Title holds the title of the data set / map / report that the information was taken from. Unpublished information may not have a title.
DATA_TYPE Origin of data:
AT Atlas
DD Digital dataset
PM Paper map, non tourist
RP Report
TM Tourist map
UD Partial update to previous source referenced in audit field
UP Unpublished map or report
YM Dyeline map
SOURCE_DES Composed of the three letter country code from the International Standards Organization, followed by an underscore (_) and a two digit source number
CONDITION Conditional information concerning the Protected Area
PUBLISH Contains information for the publisher of the map or the data
YEAR Year Protected Area was designated
APPROX_YEA Approximate year Protected Area was designated if official year is unknown
SCALE Map scale in the form of 1: the value of the record
PROJECTION The original projection of the source
DATUM The original datum of the source
DETAILS Additional information about the Protected Area
COMMENT Additional information about the Protected Area