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Protected areas of Dominica

Protected areas of Dominica

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:17 pm
Updated: May 27, 2009, 1:17 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 Dominica (January 31, 2008):

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

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

7

204

4.4%

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

6

200

26.7%

- Marine and Littoral Protected Area

2

4

 

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

 

 

 


Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a World Heritage Site.

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 10 protected areas in Dominica (three more than in the summary above):

Site NameIUCN
Designation		Marine or
Terrestrial		Total
Area
(Hectares)		Total
Marine
Area
(Hectares)
Cabrits National ParkIIBoth531350
Central Forest ReserveVITerrestrial410 
Indian River National Park Terrestrial79 
Morne Diablotin National ParkIITerrestrial3,450 
Morne Trois Pitons National ParkIITerrestrial6,872 
Northern Forest ReserveVITerrestrial8,814 
Soufriere Sulphur Springs National Park Terrestrial102 
Soufriere/Scott's Head Marine ReserveVMarine  
Stewart Hall Water Catchment Protected ForestVITerrestrial318 
Syndicate Parrot Primeval Reserve Terrestrial83 

Dominica. Source: <a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/do.html' class='external text' title='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/do.html' rel='nofollow'>The CIA World Factbook</a> Dominica. 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 Dominica". 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_Dominica>

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