IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area

IUCN protected area category: area generally larger and protected in a slightly less stringent manner than that of strict nature reserves
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Summary

IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area is an IUCN management category[1]. It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's instance of is recorded as Wilderness Area — instance of (P31): IUCN management category[3].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area is a type of Wilderness Area — subclass of (P279): protected area[4].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's Commons category is recorded as IUCN Category Ib[5].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's topic's main category is recorded as Wilderness Area — topic's main category (P910): Category:IUCN Category Ib[6].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as protect_class=1b[7].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as protect_class=1[8].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's short name is recorded as Ib[9].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's next lower rank is recorded as Wilderness Area — next lower rank (P3729): IUCN category II: National Park[10].
  • IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's next higher rank is recorded as Wilderness Area — next higher rank (P3730): IUCN category Ia: Strict Nature Reserve[11].

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Definition and Type

IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area's instance of is recorded as Wilderness Area — instance of (P31): IUCN management category[3]. It is a type of Wilderness Area — subclass of (P279): protected area[4].

Why It Matters

IUCN category Ib: Wilderness Area is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

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  5. [7] ↑ . OpenStreetMap Wiki. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenStreetMap Wiki. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → IUCN management category
    Next higher rank → IUCN category Ia: Strict Nature Reserve
    P14692 → ['Q16302', 'Q16300']
    Environment ontology id → 01001163
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