Mauritania, Africa
Number of Protected areas
9
8 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
44% Polygons
56% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 3 |
For National designations | 3 |
TOTAL | 6 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
0.62% coverage
6,508 km2 Land Area Protected
1,046,303 km2 Total Land Area
26% 5th National Report Coverage
0.61% with management effectiveness evaluation
6,412.382649 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
4.15% coverage
6,488 km2 Marine Area Protected
156,198 km2 Total Marine Area
4.15% with management effectiveness evaluation
6,487.581024 km2 Area Assessed
Warning: 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. Download the country's latest national report (pdf)
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
II | 2 | 22.22 |
Not Reported | 5 | 55.56 |
Not Applicable | 2 | 22.22 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Not Reported | 8 | 88.89 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 1 | 11.11 |
National designations
2
Categories | Count |
---|---|
National Park | 2 |
Satellite Reserve | 1 |
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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