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French Guiana

39
Total Protected Areas
2 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

52.58% Coverage

43,818km2 Land area covered

83,328km2 Total land area

PAME

24.29% With management effectiveness evaluations

20,243km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.63% Coverage

830km2 Marine and coastal area covered

131,306km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 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 4

    1. European inventory of Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA) as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2024 European Environment Agency (EEA)
    2. Cartagena Convention Updated: 2017 UNEP-CEP
    3. Site Ramsar (France) Updated: 2017 Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel
    4. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties

    Designations

    • 89.74%
    • 2.56%
    • 7.69%

    National designations

    35
    • Biotope Protection Order 3
    • Forest Integral Biological Reserve 2
    • Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy) 20
    • National Nature Reserve 6
    • National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion 1
    • National Park - Core Area 1
    • Regional Nature Park 1
    • Regional Nature Reserve 1

    Regional designations

    1
    • Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 1

    International designations

    3
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 3

    Other designations

    0

      Related countries & territories

      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for French Guiana from the World Database on Protected Areas, March 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], March 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.