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Protected areas of Guadeloupe

Protected areas of Guadeloupe

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

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

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

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

22

457

3.3%

    Terrestrial (% of Guadeloupe's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

21

299

17.5%

    Marine and Littoral Protected Area

15

158

 

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

 

 

 

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

1

120

 

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves

1

171

 


Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

Archipel de la Guadeloupe is recognized under the UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reservesprogram

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 21 nationally recognized protected areas in Gaudeloupe (one more that in the summary above):

Site NameIUCN
Designation
Marine or
Terrestrial
Total
Area
(Hectares)
Total
Marine
Area
(Hectares)
Biotopes abritant des chiroptères (Biotope Protection Order)IVTerrestrial  
Commune de Terre-de-Haut (Biotope Protection Order)IVBoth347.6 
Etang Saint-Jean (Biotope Protection Order)IVBoth5.5 
Etangs de Grand et Petit Cul-de-Sac (iotope Protection Order)IVBoth15.94 
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Nature ReserveIIBoth37372135
Grand îlet des Saintes Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth45 
Guadeloupe National ParkIITerrestrial17,300 
Guadeloupe National Park Buffer ZoneVBoth16,200 
Iles de la Petite Terre Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth80 
Iles de la Petite-Terre Nature ReserveIVTerrestrial990 
Ilet Kahouanne Littoral Conservation AreaIVTerrestrial6 
Ilets de Petite Terre (Biotope Protection Order)IVBoth69 
La Grande Vigie Littoral Conservation AreaIVTerrestrial73 
Mont Caraïbes Littoral Conservation AreaIVTerrestrial62 
Petite-Terre Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth890842
Pigeon/Malendure Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth200277
Pointe à Bacchus Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth71 
Pointe des Châteaux Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth10 
Saint Barthélémy Nature ReserveIVMarine1,00120,000
Saint-Martin Nature Reserve Both3,0602,907
Saragot Littoral Conservation AreaIVBoth5 

Guadeloupe. Source: <a href='http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/geos/gp.html' class='external text' title='http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/geos/gp.html' rel='nofollow'>The CIA World Factbook.</a> Guadeloupe. 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 Guadeloupe". 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 June 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Guadeloupe>

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