Turks and Caicos Islands

34 Total Protected Areas

0 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 91%

Points 9%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

44.37% Coverage

452km² Land Area Protected

1,018km² Total Land Area

PAME

0.0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

0.1% Coverage

150km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

154,242km² Marine Area Protected

PAME

0.0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km² 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. III 2, 5.88% View list
2. IV 3, 8.82% View list
3. V 4, 11.76% View list
4. Not Reported 25, 73.53% View list

Governance types

Not Reported 34 View list

Sources (5)

Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands Updated: 1985 Ordnance Survey of UK
Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands Updated: 1995 Not Reported
Fort George Updated: 1992 Department of Environment, Heritage and Park, Ministry of Natural Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2020 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
Source is currently unknown Updated: - Not Reported

Designations

National designations

Nature Reserve 11
National Park 11
Sanctuary 4
Area of Historical Interest 7

Regional designations

International designations

Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 1

Growth in protected area coverage

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