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Ecuador

102
Total Protected Areas
24 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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The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

• Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
• Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
• A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

23.57% Coverage

60,328km2 Land area covered

255,904km2 Total land area

19.60% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

17.21% With management effectiveness evaluations

44,045km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

19.31% Coverage

208,139km2 Marine and coastal area covered

1,077,734km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

13.24% With management effectiveness evaluations

142,671km2 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 5

  1. National System of Protected Areas, Ecuador Updated: 2024 Dirección de Áreas Protegidas y Otras Formas de Conservación, Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica
  2. Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku Updated: 2020 Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku
  3. Pueblo Shuar Arutam Updated: 2021 Pueblo Shuar Arutam
  4. Galapagos Island Updated: 2004 The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park
  5. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 76.47%
  • 21.57%
  • 1.96%

National designations

78
  • Biological Reserve 5
  • Community Protected Area 3
  • Decentralised Autonomous Protected Area 5
  • Ecological Area of Conservation 2
  • Ecological Reserve 7
  • Fauna Production Reserve 4
  • Geobotanical Reserve 1
  • Marine Reserve 8
  • National Park 14
  • National Recreation Area 6
  • Private Protected Area 8
  • Wildlife Refuge 15

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    22
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 19
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

    Other designations

    2
    • Living Forest of Sarayaku 1
    • Living Forest of Sarayaku (Non-state protected area) 1

    citation

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

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    Citation

    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.