Protected Areas
The term protected area is popular in the environmental management discourse. Use of the term can have different meanings.
A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.
-International Union for Conservation of of Nature (IUCN) 2008
Una Area protegida es una area privada por ese los ríos que nadie conoce. [A protected area is a private area by the rivers that nobody knows]
-resident from Soyabaj Quiche