GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
area protetta
Definition

Portions of land protected by special restrictions and laws for the conservation of the natural environment. They include large tracts of land set aside for the protection of wildlife and its habitat; areas of great natural beauty or unique interest; areas containing rare forms of plant and animal life; areas representing unusual geologic formation; places of historic and prehistoric interest; areas containing ecosystems of special importance for scientific investigation and study; and areas which safeguard the needs of the biosphere.

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Scope note

Scope note is not available.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6740