Home›Protected Areas›Establishment Era›By Year›1959Browse By1959This dimension groups protected areas by the era in which each one was established. Protection itself has expanded enormously over time, since Wikipedia notes that "as of 2016, there are over 161,000 protected areas representing about 17 percent of the world's land surface area (excluding Antarctica)," a total built up designation by designation across more than a century. Browsing by establishment era groups areas set aside during the same wave of conservation.Facts1959ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonClassification AuthorityWell-attestedIUCN Protected Area Management Categories 11959Filter Results8 entriesIUCN CategoryAllHabitat and Species Management Areas (World) (1)National Parks of Asia (1)National Parks of Europe (2)National Parks of Poland (2)National Parks of South America (3)Protected Areas with Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (World) (1)National Designation TypeAllConservation Area (1)National Park (6)Nature Reserve (1)ContinentAllAfrica (1)Asia (1)Europe (2)North America (1)South America (3)CountryAllBelize (1)Chile (2)Ecuador (1)India (1)Poland (2)Tanzania (1)Area BandAll55.760000 (1)354.000000 (1)385.440000 (1)430.820000 (1)1814.000000 (1)7995.400000 (1)8292.000000 (1)17420.000000 (1)Managing AuthorityAllCorporacion Nacional Forestal (2)Galapagos National Park Service (1)Ministry of the Environment (2)Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (1)Governance TypeAllGovernance by Government (6)Marine or TerrestrialAllCoastal (Marine and Terrestrial) (1)Terrestrial (7)International DesignationAllRamsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) (1)UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (4)UNESCO World Heritage Site (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Galapagos National Park1959Kampinos National Park1959Karkonosze National Park1959Laguna San Rafael National Park1959Madhav National Park1959Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve1959Ngorongoro Conservation Area1959Torres del Paine National Park1959ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 828 connections.Sources1. IUCN protected area categories - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaTable of contents, seven categories heading listQuote, Table of contents, seven categories heading listCategory Ia - strict nature reserve; Category Ib - wilderness area; Category II - national park; Category III - natural monument or feature; Category IV - habitat or species management area; Category V - protected landscape or seascape; Category VI - protected area with sustainable use of natural resourcesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.