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<resTitle>PADDD_tracker</resTitle>
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<idAbs>Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement (PADDD) is defined as:
Downgrading: A decrease in legal restrictions on the number, magnitude, or extant of human activities within a protected area by a relevant authority
Downsizing: A decrease in the size of a protected area as a result of excision of land or sea area through a legal boundary change
Degazettement: Loss of legal status of a protected area under government administration (national, state, provincial or local)
This dataset contains data on PADDD from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, spanning from 1900 to 2016. The dataset documents enacted PADDD events (i.e., events that have been passed into law) and proposed PADDD events (i.e., proposed legal changes under formal consideration by government authorities; available for Brazil only) Please note that this is not a full list of PADDD events occurring in these regions during this time period, but only those that have been validated following peer review.</idAbs>
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<keyword>WWF-Norway</keyword>
<keyword>Protected areas</keyword>
<keyword>UNEP-WCMC</keyword>
<keyword>WWF</keyword>
<keyword>WWF-SIGHT</keyword>
<keyword>WWF-UK</keyword>
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<idPurp>Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement (PADDD) as of January 2017</idPurp>
<idCredit>World Wildlife Fund &amp; Conservation International. 2017. PADDDtracker.org Data Release Version 1.1 (January 2017 ). Washington, DC: World Wildlife Fund; Arlington, VA: Conservation International.</idCredit>
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