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List of largest protected areas

List of largest protected areas

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is compiled and managed by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, an executive agency of the United Nations Environment Programme.[1] It uses the IUCN and CBD definitions of protected areas to determine whether a site should be included in the WDPA.[2] The extent to which each area and the resources within are protected can vary significantly.

Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest terrestrial protected area in the world.

The largest protected areas – those exceeding an area of 250,000 square kilometres – are listed below in order of total area protected.[3] All are marine protected areas except for Northeast Greenland National Park – which is mostly terrestrial but also has a marine component – and three entirely terrestrial biosphere reserves in Brazil. Protected areas with multiple coterminous or overlapping designations (e.g. Northeast Greenland National Park and the corresponding Biosphere Reserve) are listed only once.

Currently, Marae Moana is the largest protected area in the world with a total area larger than Mexico (1,964,375 km2).

Largest protected areas of the world

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References

  1. "World Database on Protected Areas". Protected Planet. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. "World Database on Protected Areas User Manual 1.5" (PDF). Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. 2017. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. "October update of the WDPA". Protected Planet. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. "Cook Islands Marine Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  5. Slezak, Michael (2016-10-27). "World's largest marine park created in Ross Sea in Antarctica in landmark deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  6. Trade, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and. "Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. "Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  8. "Natural Park of the Coral Sea". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  9. "Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  10. "Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  11. "Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  12. "A very large Marine Protected Area is created in the Southern Ocean by France". Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  13. "North-East Greenland". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  14. "Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures". National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  15. "Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  16. "Rapa Nui". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  17. "Palau National Marine Sanctuary". Global Island Partnership. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  18. "Palau National Marine Sanctuary". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  19. "Ascension Exclusive Economic Zone". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  20. "Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  21. "Four protected areas announced in Cancún". Mexico News Daily. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  22. "Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area" (PDF). National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  23. Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2019-09-18). "Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area (MPA)". www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  24. "Nazca-Desventuradas". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  25. "Cerrado Biosphere Reserve, Brazil". UNESCO. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  26. "UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  27. "Mata Atlântica (including Sao Paulo Green Belt)". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  28. "Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, Brazil". UNESCO. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2020-09-25.

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