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Protected areas of Barbados

Protected areas of Barbados

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:08 pm
Updated: May 27, 2009, 1:08 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
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Content Source: WDPA
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce

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

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

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

7

2.9

0.07%

- Terrestrial (% of Barbados's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

7

0.45

0.11%

- Marine and Littoral Protected Area

3

2.4

 

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

 

 

 

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

1

0.2

 


Graeme Hall Swamp is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

The latest World Database of Protected Areas reports 13 nationally recognized protected areas in Barbados (six more than in the summary above):

Site NameIUCN
Designation		Marine or
Terrestrial		Total
Area
(Hectares)		Total
Marine
Area
(Hectares)
Barbados National Park Terrestrial7,171 
Barbados Wildlife Reserve Both  
Carlisle Bay Marine Reserve Marine  
Chancery Lane Swamp Both  
Flower Forest Private Reserve Both22 
Folkestone Marine ReserveIIBoth230227
Folkestone Park Terrestrial1.9 
Graeme Hall Swamp Reserve Both20 
Harrison's CaveIIITerrestrial2 
Jack-in-the-Box Gully Terrestrial  
Northeast Coast Marine Park Marine5,000 
Turner's Hall Woods Nature ReserveIaTerrestrial  
Welchman Hall Gully Private ReserveIVTerrestrial16 

Barbados. Source <a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html' class='external text' title='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html' rel='nofollow'>The CIA World Factbook.</a> Barbados. Source 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 Barbados". 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 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Barbados>

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