Protected areas (PAs) are initialized from [WDPA](https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa). PAs can be updated at runtime. When updated, PAs are interpolated between the initial areas and the target areas. PAs are expanded by protecting land cover in a pre-specified order and contracted in the reverse order. Conversion of land cover within PAs can be restricted for any land cover type.
Protected areas (PAs) are initialized from [WDPA](https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa). PAs can be updated at runtime. When updated, PAs are interpolated between the initial areas and the target areas over a certain period. PAs are expanded by protecting land cover in a pre-specified order and contracted in the reverse order. Conversion of land cover within PAs can be restricted for any land cover type.
PAs can be restricted to natural land (land sparing) or allow managed land (land sharing). For land sharing, intensity limits can be applied to cropland and pasture (fertilizer, irrigation, other), and timber forest (rotation intensity).
