Greenland

26 Total Protected Areas

2 With management effectiveness evaluations

Terrestrial Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas

Other effective area-based conservation measures

0 Total Other effective area-based conservation measures

Polygons/Points ratio

Polygons 100%

Points 0%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

41.11% Coverage

885,525km² Land Area Protected

2,154,016km² Total Land Area

PAME

0.27% With management effectiveness evaluations

5,750km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

4.52% Coverage

102,254km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

2,264,467km² Marine Area Protected

PAME

0.02% With management effectiveness evaluations

402km² Areas Assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

IUCN Management Categories

1. Ib 7, 26.92% View list
2. II 1, 3.85% View list
3. III 3, 11.54% View list
4. IV 1, 3.85% View list
5. Not Reported 12, 46.15% View list
6. Not Applicable 2, 7.69% View list

Governance types

Not Reported 14 View list
Federal or national ministry or agency 12 View list

Sources (4)

Common Database on Designated Areas as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2020 European Environment Agency (EEA)
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2018 UNESCO-MAB
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2020 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2020 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

National designations

Nature Reserve 11
National Park 1

Regional designations

International designations

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 12

Growth in protected area coverage

The graph excludes status years with no information reported (STAT_YR = 0).

Greenland Protected Areas

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Nationalparken I Nord- Og Østgrønland

North-East Greenland

Melville Bay

citation

UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Greenland from the World Database of Protected Areas, October 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net