Protected areas of Barbados

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:08 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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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):

Barbados National Park		Terrestrial	7,171
Barbados Wildlife Reserve		Both
Carlisle Bay Marine Reserve		Marine
Chancery Lane Swamp		Both
Flower Forest Private Reserve		Both	22
Folkestone Marine Reserve	II	Both	230	227
Folkestone Park		Terrestrial	1.9
Graeme Hall Swamp Reserve		Both	20
Harrison's Cave	III	Terrestrial	2
Jack-in-the-Box Gully		Terrestrial
Northeast Coast Marine Park		Marine	5,000
Turner's Hall Woods Nature Reserve	Ia	Terrestrial
Welchman Hall Gully Private Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	16