Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by size of Protected Areas

Published: May 27, 2009, 10:45 pm

Updated: May 27, 2009, 10:45 pm

Contributing Author: Peter Saundry

Content Source: WDPA

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

The following protected area statistics are from the World Database on Protected Areas (January 31, 2008):

Country	Total Protected Area (km²)
By Region
South America
Brazil Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Argentina Peru Chile Ecuador Paraguay Suriname French Guiana Guyana Uruguay	2,524,089 650,743 298,441 232,988 180,286 177,253 142,345 72,124 24,268 20,718 5,229 4,860 642
North America Mexico	156,038
Central America
Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Costa Rica Belize El Salvador	35,641 23,531 22,007 21,205 15,846 10,227 281
Caribbean
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Bahamas Martinique Puerto Rico Guadeloupe Turks and Caicos Islands Dominica Cayman Islands Saint Lucia Haiti United States Virgin Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Netherlands Antilles Antigua and Barbuda British Virgin Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Montserrat Anguilla Bermuda Grenada Barbados Aruba	20,829 13,850 2,297 1,796 1,579 701 603 299 270 200 153 100 73 72 63 63 45 27 13 11 10 8 7 0.5 0.1
Combined
Brazil Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Argentina Peru Mexico Chile Ecuador Guatemala Paraguay Honduras Nicaragua Panama Cuba Suriname Costa Rica Dominican Republic Belize French Guiana Guyana Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Bahamas Martinique Uruguay Puerto Rico Guadeloupe El Salvador Turks and Caicos Islands Dominica Cayman Islands Saint Lucia Haiti United States Virgin Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Netherlands Antilles Antigua and Barbuda British Virgin Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Montserrat Anguilla Bermuda Grenada Barbados Aruba	2,524,089 650,743 298,441 232,988 180,286 177,253 156,038 142,345 72,124 35,641 24,268 23,531 22,007 21,205 20,829 20,718 15,846 13,850 10,227 5,229 4,860 2,297 1,796 1,579 701 642 603 299 281 270 200 153 100 73 72 63 63 45 27 13 11 10 8 7 0.5 0.1

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Peter Saundry (Contributing Author);WDPA (Content Source);Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor) "Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by size of Protected Areas". 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 25, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Latin_America_and_Caribbean_Countries_ordered_by_size_of_Protected_Areas>

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