Suriname

22 Total Protected Areas

16 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 95%

Points 5%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

14.52% Coverage

21,426km² Land Area Protected

147,558km² Total Land Area

PAME

14.16% With management effectiveness evaluations

20,899km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

1.54% Coverage

1,981km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

128,363km² Marine Area Protected

PAME

1.54% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,980km² 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.

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IUCN Management Categories

1. II 2, 9.09% View list
2. IV 10, 45.45% View list
3. VI 2, 9.09% View list
4. Not Reported 7, 31.82% View list
5. Not Applicable 1, 4.55% View list

Governance types

Not Reported 22 View list

Sources (5)

Protected areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Updated: 2002 Amazonia SURPA
Washington Datafest with Conservation International October 2002 Updated: 2002 Conservation International, Washington, USA
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
Hertenrits Updated: - Natuurbeschermingscommissie - Nature Protection Commission, c/o Nature Conservation Div. of the Forest Service, Suriname

Designations

National designations

Nature Reserve 13
Forest Reserve 2
Nature Park 1
Multiple Use Management Area 4

Regional designations

International designations

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 1

Growth in protected area coverage

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

Suriname Protected Areas

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Sipaliwini

Brinck-heuvel

Brownsberg

citation

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