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Pitcairn Islands

2
Total Protected Areas
1 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 100%
Points 0%
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

62.83% Coverage

32km2 Land area covered

50km2 Total land area

PAME

58.94% With management effectiveness evaluations

30km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

99.95% Coverage

841,907km2 Marine and coastal area covered

842,330km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

11km2 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

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    Governance types

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    Sources 2

    1. Protected Areas of Pitcairn Updated: 2021 JNCC
    2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

    Designations

    • 50%
    • 50%

    National designations

    1
    • Marine Protected Area 1

    Regional designations

    0

      International designations

      1
      • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

      Other designations

      0

        Related countries & territories

        • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GBR View

        Pitcairn Islands Protected Areas

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        Henderson Island

        Pitcairn Islands

        citation

        UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Pitcairn Islands from the World Database on Protected Areas, April 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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        UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], April 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.