Solomon Islands

92 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 59%

Points 41%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

1.82% Coverage

530km² Land Area Protected

29,192km² Total Land Area

5% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

1.06% With management effectiveness evaluations

309km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

0.12% Coverage

1,879km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

1,609,757km² Marine Area Protected

6% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

0.03% With management effectiveness evaluations

519km² 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.

Latest National Report Link

IUCN Management Categories

1. II 1, 1.09% View list
2. IV 2, 2.17% View list
3. V 1, 1.09% View list
4. VI 1, 1.09% View list
5. Not Reported 36, 39.13% View list
6. Not Applicable 1, 1.09% View list
7. Not Assigned 50, 54.35% View list

Governance types

Indigenous peoples 49 View list
Not Reported 36 View list
Local communities 5 View list
Federal or national ministry or agency 1 View list
Collaborative governance 1 View list

Sources (5)

Protected Areas of Solomon Islands Updated: 2020 Environmental and Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2020 IUCN World Heritage Programme
Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the Pacific Updated: 2008 The WorldFish Center, ReefBase Project, Penang, Malaysia
Marine Protected Areas with No Take Updated: 2008 MPA Global, UNEP-WCMC & WWF
Pacific region protected areas Updated: 2004 University of Queensland, Australia

Designations

National designations

National Park 1
Marine Protected Area 19
Reserve 1
Conservation Area 1
Community Conserved Area 2
Not Reported 1
Marine Managed Area 3
Marine Conservation Area 2
Resource Management Area 2
Controlled Forest 1
Marine Protected Area/Tabu 12

Regional designations

International designations

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

Growth in protected area coverage

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

Solomon Islands Protected Areas

View all

Arnavon Islands

East Rennell

Barivuto

citation

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