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These bodies include national protected area agencies , ministerial departments , ad-hoc authorities , para-statal institutions , municipal or provincial governments or multi-party bodies of legally-determined composition — encompassing a broad variety of types and approaches . Enforcement is a key element in ensuring that consumers are adequately and appropriately protected . IUCN6 defines a ‘ protected area ’ as : “ an area of land and / or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity , and of natural and associated cultural resources , and managed through legal or other effective means ” . As organizations deploy Microsoft 's next - generation server platform , Internet Scanner allows them to ensure that they are appropriately protected . Policy reforms that may encourage support for community-based conservation include the integration of Community Conserved Areas into national protected area systems through new legislation , new interpretations of existing legislation , the establishment of new or reformed protected area institutions designed to work more closely with communities , and the adoption of new agency policies with similar aims . The legal recognition of Community Conserved Areas as part of the national protected area system could provide them with the same status as government-established protected areas , and would be suitable where such areas meet the definition and the criteria of a protected area under national legislation and policy ; or it could be used to recognise them as separate , complementary conservation initiatives . The Chagres National Park is a 318,000 acre national protected area covering the Chagres River basin that provides over 50 % of the water necessary for the operation of the Panama Canal as well as drinking water for the two largest cities in the country - Panam ? People move to covenant protected communities by choice . For example , sharing one 's HIV status with one 's doctor or lawyer is generally protected pursuant to state confidentiality statutes . Just as an infected patient 's health care information is protected by both state and federal laws , an infected health care worker 's status is generally protected from disclosure by statutes mandating confidentiality . Significant examples of state recognition of Community Conserved Areas include the Indigenous Protected Areas of Australia ( IP As - see Box 5.1 ) and the Alto Fragua-Indiwasi National Park in Colombia ( see Box 5.2 ) These are now fully integrated into the respective national protected area systems , and have similar characteristics to other official protected areas in terms of size , ecological condition , and management objectives , although they are managed primarily by the relevant communities . Furthermore , the 1992 World Parks Congress in Caracas ( Venezuela ) fully recognised that various types of landowners ( communal , individual or corporate ) can play a crucial role in conservation , and this was in turn reflected in the guidelines on the IUCN protected area categories.62 Despite this , many still assume that to qualify as a ‘ protected area ’ , the land or water must be set up , owned and managed by a branch of government .