Northern Mariana Islands

27 Total Protected Areas

1 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

7.66% Coverage

38km² Land Area Protected

501km² Total Land Area

PAME

0.35% With management effectiveness evaluations

2km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

31.97% Coverage

247,322km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

773,668km² Marine Area Protected

PAME

0.0% With management effectiveness evaluations

3km² 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. Ia 4, 14.81% View list
2. III 1, 3.7% View list
3. IV 6, 22.22% View list
4. V 16, 59.26% View list

Governance types

Sub-national ministry or agency 15 View list
Collaborative governance 10 View list
Federal or national ministry or agency 2 View list

Sources (1)

Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS 2.0) Updated: 2020 U.S. Geological Survey | Science Analytics and Synthesis | Gap Analysis Project (GAP) | Protected Areas Database of the United States 2.0

Designations

National designations

Marine Protected Area 8
Protected Area 1
National Monument 2
Sanctuary 2
Reserve 3
Conservation Area 2
National Wildlife Refuge 2
Marine Conservation Area 2
Wetland 1
Preserve 2
Historic or Cultural Area 1
Wildlife Conservation Area and Bird Sanctuary 1

Regional designations

International designations

Growth in protected area coverage

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