Area of land with protected land status as of the end of the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote the methods applied to ensure protected land status. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture the number of hectares that the organization has under protected status as of the end of the reporting period, whether that protection is permanent or non-permanent. Land may be protected through legal encumbrances placed on the land or through the transfer of ownership to a qualified conservation organization. If relevant, organizations are encouraged to footnote which legal encumbrances are placed on the land and their duration, if non-permanent. Organizations are also encouraged to footnote which, and which type of qualified conservation organization owns the land or easement under conservation status.
This metric has 1 related submetrics.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language in order to align consistency of metric with catalog's structure and style.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Protected Land Area: Total (PI4716) was developed via the IRIS Land Conservation Working Group.
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