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Juan Pablo ArceThe following protected area statistics refer to total terrestrial protected area (i.e. marine protected areas are excluded) as a percentage of a country's total terrestrial area. Data is drawn from the World Database on Protected Areas (January 31, 2008):
Return to Protected Area Collection for Latin America and the Caribbean
Return to the Latin America and the Caribbean Collection
Further Reading
- World Database on Protected Areas
- IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
- World Database on Protected Areas
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Elisa Triana (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Contributing Author);Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor) "Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 27, 2009; Last revised Date May 27, 2009; Retrieved May 23, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Latin_America_and_Caribbean_Countries_ordered_by_percentage_of_Protected_Area>
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ELISA TRIANA holds a B.A. in Environmental Sciences from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) and an M.A. in Environmental Management and Administration. She completed her B.A. studies at Pierre&Marie Curie Université (Paris, France) and an internship at Institute Pierre Simon Laplace des Sciences de l’Environnement (Paris, France) in marine conservation biology.As an environment consultant, she has experience on Environmental Impact Assessment of wind and solar farms install ... (Full Bio)
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