Protected areas

ISSUES

Protected areas

The state of things
Over the past forty years, the United Nations has identified ten times more protected areas. The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) World Conservation Monitoring Centre counted over 102 000 land and marine sites covering almost 19 million km2, that is to say 4% of the planet and more than the surface area of China and India put together. However, less than 1 % of the surface of seas and oceans is protected. (1)
The Greenland park is still the largest in the world (970 000 Km2), followed by the Ar-Rub’al Khali area in Saudi Arabia (640 000 km2) then the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia (345 000 km2).
Europe is the continent with the most protected areas (43 000); Asia has 18 000; North America; Australia 9000 and Africa 6990. But, proportionally, Central America and South America are the most protected parts of the world. (2)

NEWS

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FOCUS

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VIDEOS

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INDICATORS

Biocapacity
National biodiversity index
Threatened ecosystems
Protected areas

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