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User:Canley/New Zealand protected areas

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This is a project to ensure all protected areas of New Zealand are present in Wikidata.

Sources

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The main source for data on protected areas in New Zealand is the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA).

Will also use the LINZ New Zealand Gazetteer.

Both these sources use data provided by the Department of Conservation which also has additional information on ecological regions, tracks, huts and campsites on their FTP server.

Scope

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The WDPA lists 10,449 protected areas in New Zealand.

By type

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Protected area type designation Count Progress
Benthic Protection Area 20
Closed Seamount Area 17
Conservation Area 3
Conservation Covenant 857
Conservation Park 54
18 / 54
Ecological Area 113
Government Reserve 17
Local Purpose Reserve 5
Marine Protected Area 1
1 / 1
Marine Reserve 44
National Park 15
Nature Reserve 58
Open Space Covenant 4,680
Open Space QEII National Trust Property 14
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 6
Sanctuary Area 14
Scenic Reserve 1,699
1,346 / 1,699
Scientific Reserve 99
Specially Protected Area 1
Stewardship Area 2,623
Te Urewera 2
Wilderness Area 6
Wildlife Management Area 12
Wildlife Refuge 74
Wildlife Sanctuary 12
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 3

To do

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  • List breakdown by region/district
  • List number of existing Wikidata items (based on WDPA and LINZ IDs)
  • Complete Mix'n'Match for protected areas/reserves in New Zealand Gazetteer

Minimal information

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This project is to ensure existing Wikidata items have the following minimal set of information:

  • Name and designation (English and Māori if possible)
  • Description
  • Country (P17)
  • IUCN protected areas category (P814)
  • Centroid coordinates (P625)
  • Area (P2046)
  • Located in administrative territorial entity (P131)
  • WDPA ID (P809)
  • New Zealand Gazetteer place ID (P5104)

Remaining items can then be imported to Wikidata with these properties.

Other information to be included if possible:

  • Image
  • Commons category
  • Part of
  • Significant place (usually gateway city)
  • Key features
  • iNaturalist place ID

West Coast Region

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Aiming to begin by concentrating on West Coast Region to tie in with Mike Dickison's work as West Coast Wikipedian-at-Large in September–October 2020.

  • There are 697 protected areas in West Coast Region (SUB_LOC = NZ-WCT)
Protected area type designation Count Status
Conservation Covenant 41
Conservation Park 6  Done
Ecological Area 46
National Park 8  Done
Nature Reserve 3  Done
Open Space Covenant 89
Scenic Reserve 108  Done
Scientific Reserve 1  Done
Stewardship Area 375
Wilderness Area 4  Done
Wildlife Management Area 11  Done
Wildlife Refuge 5  Done