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Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area

Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area

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%

Return to Protected Area Collection for Latin America and the Caribbean

Return to the Latin America and the Caribbean Collection

 

Further Reading

  1. World Database on Protected Areas
  2. IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
  3. World Database on Protected Areas

Citation

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>

The Author

Elisa Triana 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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