United States Minor Outlying Islands, Latin America & Caribbean

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Number of Protected areas

13

0 with management effectiveness evaluations

Polygons/Points ratio

92% Polygons

8% Points

Number of sources

For International designations 1
For National designations 1
TOTAL 2

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

100.0% coverage

363 km2 Land Area Protected

363 km2 Total Land Area

0.4% with management effectiveness evaluation

1.457914 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine

65.11% coverage

1,278,997 km2 Marine Area Protected

1,964,385 km2 Total Marine Area

0.12% with management effectiveness evaluation

2,305.16164 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.

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IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ib 4 30.77
IV 8 61.54
Not Reported 1 7.69

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 11 84.62
Not Reported 1 7.69
Collaborative governance 1 7.69

Related countries & territories

Parent countries & territories

Name Code
United States of America USA

National designations

2

Categories Count
National Wildlife Refuge 8
Wilderness Study Area 4

Regional designations

0

Categories Count

International designations

1

Categories Count
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 1