# IUCN management category

> used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the IUCN

**Wikidata**: [Q3679744](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3679744)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_protected_area_categories)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/iucn-management-category


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:protect_class)
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)