Seychelles

51 Total Protected Areas

6 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 96%

Points 4%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

49.79% Coverage

242km² Land Area Protected

487km² Total Land Area

47% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

34.35% With management effectiveness evaluations

167km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

26.1% Coverage

350,003km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

1,340,839km² Marine Area Protected

0% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

0.18% With management effectiveness evaluations

2,435km² 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 5, 9.8% View list
2. Ib 1, 1.96% View list
3. II 8, 15.69% View list
4. VI 6, 11.76% View list
5. Not Reported 29, 56.86% View list
6. Not Applicable 2, 3.92% View list

Governance types

Federal or national ministry or agency 49 View list
Not Reported 2 View list

Sources (3)

Protected areas of Seychelles Updated: 2020 Ministry of Environment, Republic of Seychelles
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2020 IUCN World Heritage Programme
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2020 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties

Designations

National designations

Nature Reserve 9
National Park 4
Marine National Park 11
Special Reserve 8
Shell Reserve 4
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 8
Protected 1

Regional designations

International designations

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 4

Growth in protected area coverage

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

Seychelles Protected Areas

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Aldabra Atoll

Vallee de Mai

citation

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