System · Rationale

Protected area

Natural ecosystem within a clearly defined area managed for the long-term conservation of nature and associated ecosystem services, whose biodiversity may be exposed.

Definition source: IUCN protected area definition; CBD

Synonyms

conservation area

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate hazards.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_053 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_053
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_053)