El Salvador, Latin America & Caribbean
Number of Protected areas
202
0 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
100% Polygons
0% Points
Number of sources
| For International designations | 1 |
| For National designations | 1 |
| TOTAL | 2 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )
Area terrestrial
8.78% coverage
1,806 km2 Land Area Protected
20,573 km2 Total Land Area
0.41% with management effectiveness evaluation
84.110066 km2 Area Assessed
Area marine
0.71% coverage
665 km2 Marine Area Protected
94,238 km2 Total Marine Area
0.22% with management effectiveness evaluation
206.773048 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.
IUCN Management categories
| Management categories | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| II | 4 | 1.98 |
| III | 1 | 0.5 |
| IV | 5 | 2.48 |
| V | 13 | 6.44 |
| Not Reported | 176 | 87.13 |
| Not Applicable | 3 | 1.49 |
Governance types
| Name | Governance type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal or national ministry or agency | 125 | 61.88 | |
| Not Reported | 62 | 30.69 | |
| Collaborative governance | 11 | 5.45 | |
| Non-profit organisations | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Sub-national ministry or agency | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Individual landowners | 2 | 0.99 |
National designations
11
Regional designations
0
| Categories | Count |
|---|
International designations
2
| Categories | Count |
|---|---|
| UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 3 |
| Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 8 |