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shows the percentage of the basin area occupied by nationally protected
areas that fall within IUCN’s Management Categories I-V as of
1996. Included are areas that are strictly protected and areas where
some sustainable use of resources is allowed. More than half-- 82
of the watersheds analyzed-- have less than 5 percent of their land
area under national protection. The pattern of protection is such
that most of the high value, species-rich watersheds are the least
protected. For example, species-rich areas such as the Paraná
watershed, as well as much of the Amazon, the Congo, and almost all
the basins in India, China, Southeast Asia, and Papua New Guinea,
have less than 5 percent of their area protected. |
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