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Protected areas of Netherlands Antilles

Protected areas of Netherlands Antilles

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:24 pm
Updated: May 27, 2009, 1:24 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce

Protected area highlights for the Netherlands Antilles (January 31, 2008):

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of the Netherlands Antilles' Territorial Area)

14

218

1.7%

- Terrestrial (% of the Netherlands Antilles' Terrestrial Territorial Area)

11

63

7.9%

- Marine and Littoral Protected Area

7

155

 

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

 

 

 

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

5

19

 


There are five wetlands in the Netherlands Antilles recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention):

Site NameMarine or
Terrestrial		Total
Area
(hectares)
De SlagbaaiBoth90
Het GotomeerBoth150
Het LacBoth700
Het PekelmeerBoth400
Klein Bonaire Island and adjacent seaBoth600

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 16 nationally recognized protected areas in the Netherlands Antilles:

Site NameIUCN
Designation		Marine or
Terrestrial		Total
Area
(hectares)		Total
Marine
Area
(hectares)
Bonaire (National Marine Park)IIMarine2,7002,700
Curaçao (Underwater Park)IIBoth1,0401,040
Daaibooi (National Park)-Both200 
Flamingo (Bonaire) Sanctuary (Private Reserve)IaBoth55 
Hermanus (National Park)-Terrestrial155 
Hoffi Pastoor (National Park)-Terrestrial16 
Kabouterbos (National Park)-Terrestrial37 
Midden Seinpost/Roi Santuary (National Park)-Terrestrial14 
Oostpunt (Underwater Park)-Marine1,03656
Saba (National Marine Park)IIBoth8201,300
Saba (National Park)-Both43 
Shete Boka Park (National Park)-Both435 
Spanish Water Inner Bay Park (Marine Park)-Both300 
St Maarten (Marine Park)-Marine51285,128
St. Eustatius (Statia) (Marine Park)IIMarine27502,750
Washington-Slagbaai (Bonaire) (National Park)IIBoth5900 

Netherlands Antilles. Source: <a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nt.html' class='external text' title='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nt.html' rel='nofollow'>The CIA World Factbook</a> Netherlands Antilles. 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 Netherlands Antilles". 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 10, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Netherlands_Antilles>

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