Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas/Infobox

Protected Areas Infoboxes

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When adding one of these to an existing article, you may want to add a link to this page in your edit summary.

Sample edit summary text for replacing the old infobox table in an existing article:

replaced protected area table with the protected area infobox

Sample edit summary text an existing article that has no infobox:

added the protected area infobox

In addition, please add the WikiProject Protected areas tag to the top of the article's talk page by entering the following code:

{{WikiProject Protected areas}}

Standard Protected Areas Infobox

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Splendor in the Grass National Park

| iucn_category = II

| map = USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Map of the United States

| location = Benton, Kansas, USA

| nearest_city = Wichita, Kansas

| coordinates = {{coord|37|48|1|N|97|5|29|W|format=dms|display=inline}}

| area = 50,000 acres
(202.34 km²)

| established = January 1, 1907

| visitation_num = 654,321

| visitation_year = 2005

| governing_body = National Park Service

}}

Basic infobox for protected areas.

The color of the IUCN field changes based on the category:

IUCN	Category	bgcolor
Ia	Strict Nature Reserve	#E7AF97
Ib	Wilderness Area	#DACAA5
II	National Park	#CDE5B2
III	Natural Monument	#BFFFBF
IV	Habitat/Species Management Area	#B2E5CD
V	Protected Landscape/Seascape	#A5CADA
VI	Managed Resource Protected Area	#A8BDEC

Australian protected areas

{{further|Template:Infobox Australian place/Examples#Protected area}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = protected

| name = Belair National Park

| state = sa

| iucn_category = II

| image = Belair Old Government House.jpg

| caption = Old Government House in the Belair National Park.

| image_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|35|00|47|S|138|39|21|E|scale:1000000|display=inline,title}}

| relief = yes

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| map_alt =

| nearest_town_or_city = Adelaide city centre

| area = 8.35

| area_footnotes =

| established = 1891

| established_footnotes =

| visitation_num = 358619

| visitation_year = 2003

| visitation_footnotes =

| managing_authorities = Department of Environment and Water

| url = http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_park/Browse_by_region/Adelaide_Hills/Belair_National_Park Belair National Park

}}

Sample infobox for use in Australian protected area articles.

South African protected areas

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Kruger National Park

| iucn_category = II

| map = South Africa

| map_caption = Map of South Africa

| location = Mpumalanga & Limpopo, South Africa

| nearest_city = Nelspruit, South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|24|0|41|S|31|29|7|E|format=dms|display=inline}}

| area = 18,988 km²

| established = January 1, 1926

| visitation_num = 1,336,981

| visitation_year = 2004

| governing_body = South African National Parks

}}

Sample infobox for South African protected areas. The {{tl|Location map}} system is used to display the location on a map; in the map field, "South Africa" can be replaced with the name of a province to display a map of that province only. The infobox can be expanded or reduced in the amount of information displayed

State park infobox

{{Infobox protected area

| name = St. Clement's Island State Park

| iucn_category = V

| map = Maryland

| map_caption =

| location = St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA

| nearest_city = Leonardtown, MD

| coordinates = {{coord|38|12|40|N|76|44|44|W|display=inline}}

| area = 40 acres (0.16 km²)

| established =

| visitation_num =

| visitation_year =

| governing_body = Maryland Department of Natural Resources

}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Lost in the Woods State Park

| iucn_category =

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| location = Greenville, Ohio, USA

| nearest_city =

| coordinates = {{Coord missing|Ohio}}

| area = 5,000 acres (20.23 km²)

| established = 1900

| visitation_num = 600,000

| visitation_year = 2004

| governing_body = Ohio Department of Natural Resources

}}

You can use the standard infobox. The image is optional, as is the IUCN category. See the two examples to the right.