Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area

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Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area

Published: May 27, 2009, 10:44 pm

Updated: May 27, 2009, 10:44 pm

Contributing Author: Peter Saundry

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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce

The 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):

Country	Terrestrial protected area as a percentage of total terrestrial area
Region
South America
Venezuela Brazil Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Chile Peru Suriname Argentina Paraguay French Guiana Guyana Uruguay	71.3% 29.6% 26.2% 25.4% 21.2% 18.8% 13.8% 12.6% 6.5% 6.0% 5.8% 2.3% 0.37%
North America Mexico	8.0%
Central America
Belize Guatemala Costa Rica Panama Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador	44.5% 32.7% 31.0% 28.1% 21.0% 16.9% 1.3%
Caribbean
Martinique Cayman Islands Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic Dominica Jamaica United States Virgin Islands Cuba Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands Guadeloupe Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Bahamas Anguilla Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada Haiti Barbados Aruba	63.6% 58.0% 35.0% 28.5% 28.5% 26.7% 20.9% 20.7% 18.8% 18.5% 17.9% 17.5% 16.3% 14.4% 11.4% 11.0% 10.4% 10.3% 7.9% 6.8% 5.1% 2.0% 0.26% 0.10% 0.06%
Combined
Venezuela Martinique Cayman Islands Belize Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala Costa Rica Brazil Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic Panama Dominica Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Honduras Jamaica United States Virgin Islands Chile Cuba Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands Guadeloupe Nicaragua Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Peru Suriname Bahamas Anguilla Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Argentina Paraguay French Guiana Saint Kitts and Nevis Guyana Grenada El Salvador Uruguay Haiti Barbados Aruba	71.3% 63.6% 58.0% 44.5% 35.0% 32.7% 31.0% 29.6% 28.5% 28.5% 28.1% 26.7% 26.2% 25.4% 21.2% 21.0% 20.9% 20.7% 18.8% 18.8% 18.5% 17.9% 17.5% 16.9% 16.3% 14.4% 13.8% 12.6% 11.4% 11.0% 10.4% 10.3% 8.0% 7.9% 6.8% 6.5% 6.0% 5.8% 5.1% 2.3% 2.0% 1.3% 0.37% 0.26% 0.10% 0.06%

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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 February 8, 2012 <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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