National Other Areas (Polygons):
All remaining national polygon data of Protected Areas that are not assigned both an IUCN classification and have designated status. This layer contains some polygons that are listed as 'Designated' but without IUCN classification and some with IUCN classification without being listed as 'Designated.'
| Name | Description | |
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| DESIGNATE | Type of Protected Area: Reserve, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, etc. | |
| ISO3 | 3-character international country code denomination based on the ISO 3166 norm. | |
| COUNTRY | Country name | |
| IUCNCAT | Protected Areas in this layer do not have an IUCN classification, either because it is unknown, unset, or it has a local denomination. All records are listed with an IUCN class of "UNSET" | |
| STATUS | Status (designated, in development, proposed, degazetted, etc.) | |
| LON | Longitude of site in decimal degrees | |
| LAT | Latitude of site in decimal degrees | |
| SOURCE_ID | Unique code assigned by UNEP-WCMC that identifies the source dataset | |
| GISNAME | Character field used to store the name of a protected area taken from the source material | |
| SITE_CODE | Unique identifier of the site assigned by UNEP-WCMC | |
| EST_DATE | Date of establishment of Protected Area | |
| AREA_HA | Total area of Protected Area in hectares as reported in the database. (see also GIS_HA below) | |
| NOTES | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| SOURCE | Agency/Organization that contributed the information or 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. | |
| MANAGEMENT | Name of Agency/Organization responsible for the management of the protected area. This only applies when the agency or the organization concerned is not a protected areas agency (for example in the case of a reserve established by industry or a private individual) | |
| ADMIN | Agency/Organization responsible for the administration of the protected area | |
| OWNER | Legally recognized Agency / Organization who owns the Protected Area | |
| MARINE | Whether a Protected Area is marine (y/n) | |
| TITLE | Title of the data set / map / report that the information was taken from. Unpublished information may not have a title. | |
| ORIGIN_ID | Origin of the 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 | |
| PUBLISHER | 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 a precise date is unknown | |
| SCALE | Scale of the source map in the format 1:"value of the field" | |
| PROJECTION | The original projection of the source map | |
| DATUM | The original datum of the source map | |
| DETAILS | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| COMMENT | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| GIS_HA | Calculated surface of the protected area (in Hectares) estimated by GIS software from the boundary data files. | |