[Tagging] How are protected_area (and national_park) boundaries determined?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 23. Jun 2020, at 17:20, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In other countries, how are National Park and other protected_area boundaries determined? If there are villages or towns within the boundary, are they actually protected? Are they excluded from the area?


in Italy or Germany, the boundaries of protected areas typically either exclude builtup areas or if they are included, there are typically explicit special explanations/provisions for these areas. (there might be exceptions to this, but this is what I have seen).

Cheers Martin