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Protected areas of Aruba

Protected areas of Aruba

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Updated: May 27, 2009, 1:05 pm
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce

Protected area highlights for Aruba (January 31, 2008):

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Aruba's Territorial Area)

1

0.2

0.007%

    Terrestrial (% of Aruba's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

1

0.1

0.06%

    Marine and Littoral Protected Area

1

0.1

 

  Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area

 

 

 

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

1

0.7

 


Het Spaans Lagoon is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

The World Database of Protected Areas reports two nationally recognized protected areas in Aruba (one more than in the summary above):

Site NameMarine or
Terrestrial		Total Area
(Hectares)
Bubali Pond Bird SanctuaryBoth20
Het Spaans Lagoon Proposed Conservation AreaBoth70

Aruba. Source:  [<a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html' class='external free' title='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html' rel='nofollow'>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html</a> The CIA World Factbook Aruba. Source:  [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html The CIA World Factbook
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Further Reading:

  1. World Resources Institute (accessed May 26, 2009)
  2. World Database on Protected Areas (accessed May 26, 2009)

Citation

Elisa Triana (Contributing Author);WDPA (Content Source);Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor) "Protected areas of Aruba". 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 26, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Aruba>

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