Key:protected
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| Duration or extent of legal protection |
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The key =* has been used to specify the duration or extent of legal protection for an area or feature.
This tag was first used in Massachusetts, USA, from a MassGIS import of features also tagged with natural=*, leisure=*, or landuse=*. The most common value is =perpetuity, but =limited is common and =temporary was imported for 100 features.
The value =yes was also used 18k times with features tagged natural=tree in Europe.
Values
=yes=perpetuity=limited=temporary
Similar tags
denotation=natural_monument- is used for the trees as wellboundary=protected_areaa tagging scheme for protected areas, including nature protection.leisure=nature_reservea simple tag for any nature protected area
