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africa-unep-wdpca-ben

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513	32,996	32,996	PA	Birni	Birni	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	32	Not Applicable	Designated	1,943	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
5,601	555,681,857	555,681,857	PA	Têdozoun	Têdozoun	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	Not Applicable	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.104136	Not Applicable	Established	1,951	Commercial Restriction	Indigenous Peoples	Communal	Local management committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	1,980	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
519	33,008	33,008	PA	N'Dali	N'Dali	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	47.21	Not Applicable	Designated	1,942	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
524	33,017	33,017	PA	Soubroukou	Soubroukou	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.84	Not Applicable	Designated	1,946	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
516	33,001	33,001	PA	Donga	Donga	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	2.5	Not Applicable	Designated	1,943	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
522	33,013	33,013	PA	Savalou	Savalou	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	10.15	Not Applicable	Designated	1,945	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,171	555,715,009	555,715,009	PA	Houinyèhouévé	Houinyèhouévé	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.1	Not Applicable	Proposed	0	Commercial Restriction	Indigenous Peoples	Communal	APAC is managed by a local committee in conjunction with a town hall level committee.	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,018	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
523	33,015	33,015	PA	Sérou	Sérou	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	4.98	Not Applicable	Designated	1,946	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,174	555,715,070	555,715,070	PA	Badja ou Badjame	Badja ou Badjame	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.3365	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,012	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,019	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,173	555,715,011	555,715,011	PA	Honhouévé de Dogbo Ahomey	Honhouévé de Dogbo Ahomey	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0.01	0.08	Not Applicable	Proposed	0	Commercial Restriction	Indigenous Peoples	Communal	Local Management Committee set up by members of the community, with the support of the King and Queen.	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,018	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
192	7,955	7,955	PA	Mékrou	Mékrou	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	93.2	Not Applicable	Designated	1,950	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
531	33,031	33,031	PA	Taneka	Taneka	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	10.9	Not Applicable	Designated	1,951	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
512	32,994	32,994	PA	Bassila	Bassila	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	25	Not Applicable	Designated	1,943	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
518	33,004	33,004	PA	Kilir	Kilir	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.5	Not Applicable	Designated	1,943	Not Restricted	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,528	555,756,380	555,756,380	PA	Forêt sacrée de Wianso	Forêt sacrée de Wianso	Forêt sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.1	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,012	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	Sinatabé Sacred Forest Local Management Committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	State Verified	Not Reported	2,041	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
206	11,585	11,585	PA	Reserve de la biosphére de la Pendjari	Reserve de la biosphére de la Pendjari	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	International	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	8,800	Not Applicable	Designated	1,986	Not Restricted	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	State Verified	Not Reported	988	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
5,918	555,703,704	555,703,704	PA	Affougoussi	Affougoussi	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.17	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,012	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	Local Committee of la forêt sacrée de Affougoussi	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,016	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
528	33,028	33,028	PA	Parakou	Parakou	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	2.56	Not Applicable	Designated	1,949	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
499	30,072	30,072	PA	Lake Ahémé	Lake Ahémé	Other Area	Other Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	86.4	Not Applicable	Not Reported	0	Not Restricted	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	1,450	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
5,919	555,703,763	555,703,763	PA	Kouvizoun Adakplame-Ewe	Kouvizoun Adakplame-Ewe	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	III	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	7.38	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,012	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	The royal court of Adakplamè, which is assisted by a local management committee of nine members	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,017	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,529	555,756,381	555,756,381	PA	Forêt sacrée de Sinatabé	Forêt sacrée de Sinatabé	Forêt sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.1	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,012	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	Wianso Sacred Forest Local Management Committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	State Verified	Not Reported	2,041	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
500	30,073	30,073	PA	Lake Nokoué	Lake Nokoué	Other Area	Other Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	176.4	Not Applicable	Not Reported	0	Not Restricted	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	1,450	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,175	555,715,656	555,715,656	PA	Tanhounzoun	Tanhounzoun	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	VI	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.1608	Not Applicable	Proposed	2,020	Not Restricted	Local communities	Communal	Local Sacred Forest Management Committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,019	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
530	33,030	33,030	PA	Natitingou	Natitingou	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	2.03	Not Applicable	Designated	1,946	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,172	555,715,010	555,715,010	PA	Amakanmey de Houngbézanmey	Amakanmey de Houngbézanmey	Jardin botanique	Botanic Garden	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.2	Not Applicable	Proposed	0	Commercial Restriction	Indigenous Peoples	Communal	Local Management Committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,018	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
517	33,002	33,002	PA	Guéné	Guéné	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	13	Not Applicable	Designated	1,942	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
529	33,029	33,029	PA	Barage de Natitingou	Barage de Natitingou	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	3.45	Not Applicable	Designated	1,952	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
525	33,024	33,024	PA	Abomey	Abomey	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	1.73	Not Applicable	Designated	1,945	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
527	33,026	33,026	PA	Kouandé	Kouandé	Reforestation Area	Reforestation Area	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	45.87	Not Applicable	Designated	1,942	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
514	32,997	32,997	PA	Boko	Boko	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	3	Not Applicable	Designated	1,952	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
521	33,012	33,012	PA	Sakété	Sakété	Classified Forest	Classified Forest	National	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.6	Not Applicable	Designated	1,946	Not Restricted	Not Reported	State	Not Reported	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Reported	Not Reported	745	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
5,602	555,681,858	555,681,858	PA	Orozoun	Orozoun	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	Not Applicable	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.0161	Not Applicable	Established	1,915	Commercial Restriction	Indigenous Peoples	Communal	Local management committee	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	1,980	BEN	BEN	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05
7,321	555,720,412	555,720,412	PA	Igbo-Dognin	Igbo-Dognin	Forêt Sacrée	Sacred Forest	National	II	Not Applicable	Terrestrial	0	0.05	Not Applicable	Proposed	0	Not Restricted	Collaborative governance	Communal	La communauté local de Partago	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Expert Verified	Not Reported	2,021	BEN	BEN	Not Reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	HDX	2026-04-05

Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) in Benin | Africa (original)

Size category: n<1K - Formats: parquet - Sector: climate_environment - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset is part of the Electric Sheep Africa catalog on Hugging Face. It is indexed for African data discovery with standardized metadata, loading guidance, provenance notes, and analyst-oriented context.

What This Dataset Covers

Public datasets help analysts inspect structured evidence, build reproducible workflows, and compare patterns across domains.

Dataset context from the existing Hugging Face card: Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) in Benin Publisher: The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) · Source: HDX · License: cc-by-igo · Updated: 2026-03-03 Abstract The World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) combines the formerly separate World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM). The WDPCA is the most comprehensive global database of… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben.

Dataset Profile

Field	Value
Hugging Face repo	`electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben`
Sector	climate_environment
Topic tags	humanitarian, hdx, electric-sheep-africa, environment, geodata, ben
Modalities	`tabular`, `text`
Formats	`parquet`
Size category	`n<1K`
Countries	Benin
ISO3 coverage	`BEN`
Last modified on HF	`2026-04-05 16:41:13+00:00`
Inventory snapshot	`2026-07-16T16:00:34Z`

How To Read This Dataset

Start from the repository files and the dataset viewer when available.
Treat the README context as a fast orientation layer; confirm variable definitions and units in the data files before modeling.
Use explicit country columns when present. When geography is only implied by the title or source metadata, document that assumption in downstream analysis.
Preserve missing values until you have a defensible imputation rule.

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben")
print(ds)

split_name = next(iter(ds))
table = ds[split_name]
print(table.features)
print(table[:3])

Convert To Pandas When Tabular

from datasets import Dataset

first_split = ds[next(iter(ds))]
if isinstance(first_split, Dataset):
    df = first_split.to_pandas()
    print(df.head())

Data Quality Notes

This card was standardized from the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face metadata inventory.
Exact schema, row counts, and source files should be inspected in the repository data files.
Metadata gaps from the inventory: upstream_publisher.
Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.

Source And Provenance

Source context: original
Publisher/source attribution: original
License: CC BY 4.0
Hugging Face URL: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben
Inventory retrieved at: 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z

Suggested Analyses

Inspect schema and missingness before modeling.
Profile variables by geography, time, and subgroup columns where present.
Join with other Electric Sheep Africa datasets using explicit country, year, and indicator fields when available.
Build reproducible notebooks that cite both the original source context and the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face repo.

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_unep_wdpca_ben_2026,
  title        = {Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) in Benin | Africa (original)},
  author       = {original},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-unep-wdpca-ben}}
}

License

Released under CC BY 4.0.

Original source rights remain with the original publisher or data provider. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes discovery metadata, documentation, and usage guidance for analysis on Hugging Face.

About Electric Sheep Africa

Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.

Provenance: metadata-backed README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Inventory source: catalog/esa_metadata_inventory/master_metadata.jsonl.

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