The World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas
The definitive list of protected areas around the world which are legally designated for conservation purposes. It includes lists of World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Wetlands of International Importance, together with maps, a section of analytical graphs and tables, and theme chapters on transfrontier reserves, the forestry sector, the private sector and indigenous reserves. Trilingual edition: English, French and Spanish. An electronic version of the data is also available.