Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Hayati dan Ekosistemnya (KSDAHE) berdasarkan International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCR)

Kategori KSDAHE berdasarkan IUCR

Category Ia: Strict nature reserve (cagar alam)

Category Ia are strictly protected areas set aside to protect biodiversity and also possibly geological/geomorphical features, where human visitation, use and impacts are strictly controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values. Such protected areas can serve as indispensable reference areas for scientific research and monitoring.

Category Ib: Wilderness area (alam liar)

Category Ib protected areas are usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and influence without permanent or significant human habitation, which are protected and managed so as to preserve their natural condition.

Category II: National park (taman nasional)

Category II protected areas are large natural or near natural areas set aside to protect large-scale ecological processes, along with the complement of species and ecosystems characteristic of the area, which also provide a foundation for environmentally and culturally compatible, spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational, and visitor opportunities.

Category III: Natural monument or feature

Category III protected areas are set aside to protect a specific natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, submarine cavern, geological feature such as a cave or even a living feature such as an ancient grove. They are generally quite small protected areas and often have high visitor value.

Category IV: Habitat/species management area (pengelolaan spesies)

Category IV protected areas aim to protect particular species or habitats and management reflects this priority. Many Category IV protected areas will need regular, active interventions to address the requirements of particular species or to maintain habitats, but this is not a requirement of the category.

Category V: Protected landscape/seascape

A protected area where the interaction of people and nature over time has produced an area of distinct character with significant, ecological, biological, cultural and scenic value: and where safeguarding the integrity of this interaction is vital to protecting and sustaining the area and its associated nature conservation and other values.

Category VI: Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources (perlindungan dengan pemanfaatan yang keberlanjutan)

Category VI protected areas conserve ecosystems and habitats together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are generally large, with most of the area in a natural condition, where a proportion is under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial use of natural resources compatible with nature conservation is seen as one of the main aims of the area.

Kelebihan dan Kelemahan Penggolongan

Kelebihan

-          Berbagai pembagian kategori yang mencerminkan tujuan masing-masing, menggambarkan upaya terkait KSDAHE yang maksimal dan memungkinkan keberlanjutannya jika dapat terealisasikan secara penuh

Kelemahan

-          Dalam beberapa hal dapat membingungkan karena: 1) pilihan yang terlihat rumit; atau 2) dalam perkembangan bisa menjadi lebih kompleks, atau 3) ketidakpastian atau kejelasan pendekatan mana yang terbaik, atau 4) realisasi cara dalam implementasinya.

-          Belum tentu pemerintah setempat atau masing-masing negara sepenuhnya menghendaki demikian

Daftar Pustaka

Dudley, Nigel (Editor). 2008. Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

“IUCN Protected Areas Categories System”, diakses pada website  http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/ pada tanggal 26 September 2013 pukul 13:21:20.