stepps00/Protected-Areas-Data-Djibouti

Spatial Data of Protected Areas in Djibouti # Protected-Areas-Data-Djibouti This repository contains spatial data representing protected areas of **Djibouti**. According to the IUCN, a protected area is defined 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” (1, 2+Guidelines+for+Protected+Area+Management+Categories.+IUCN,+Gland,+Switzerland,+and+Cambridge,+UK.&ots=ol3I7gnE5f&sig=4nY1TxAThdnWXLNca7mJL8nrvg8#v=onepage&q&f=false)). The data in this repository tries to capture an up-to-date set of these areas in Djibouti. ## About the dataset This dataset is released under a CC BY 4.0 license. Coordinate Reference System: WGS 84 (EPSG:4326).