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Protected areas value in United States
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19,502
total area (sq. km)
0% difference
9,336,666 km2
of land area in this location
802,934 km2
of marine area in this location
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12.38%
land area protected
0.9% MORE THAN AVG
9,336,666 km2
of land area in this location
1,155,552 km2
of land area is protected
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28.60%
marine area protected
24.3% MORE THAN AVG
802,934 km2
of marine area in this location
229,604 km2
of marine area is protected
Conservation statistics
21914 Protected Areas
21158 TERRESTRIAL PAs - 675 MARINE PAs
21833 PROTECTED AREAS HAVE AN IUCN CATEGORY
IUCN has defined a series of six protected area management categories, based on primary management objectives.
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