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Kenya

457
Total Protected Areas
41 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 89%
Points 11%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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• 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.
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

13.97% Coverage

81,460km2 Land area covered

583,127km2 Total land area

8.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

5.16% With management effectiveness evaluations

30,101km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.59% Coverage

725km2 Marine and coastal area covered

123,783km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.16% With management effectiveness evaluations

197km2 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 12

  1. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  2. LMMAs of the Western Indian Ocean Database Updated: 2012 Blue Ventures, London, UK
  3. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  4. Source is currently unknown Updated: - Not Reported
  5. Forest Reserves of Kenya Updated: 2024 Kenya Forest Service, facilitated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development
  6. Protected areas of Kenya Updated: 2022 Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD)
  7. Privately protected areas of Kenya Updated: 2014 Zeitz Foundation, Kenya
  8. Protected areas and community conservation areas in Kenya Updated: 2012 African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
  9. Mara North Conservancy Updated: 2019 Mara North Conservancy
  10. Community-owned conservancies in Kenya Updated: 2012 Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Kenya
  11. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  12. Kaya Forests Kenya Updated: 2009 Coastal Forest Conservation Unit, National Museums of Kenya

Designations

  • 96.72%
  • 3.28%

National designations

442
  • Community Conservancy 21
  • Community Forest Reserve 12
  • Community Nature Reserve 28
  • Community Wildlife Sanctuary 1
  • Conservancy 2
  • Forest Reserve 270
  • Group Ranch 1
  • Locally Managed Marine Area 9
  • Marine National Park 4
  • Marine National Reserve 6
  • National Park 23
  • National Reserve 29
  • National Sanctuary 5
  • Nature Reserve 2
  • Not Reported 5
  • Private Nature Reserve 1
  • Private Protected Area 2
  • Private Ranch 4
  • Private Reserve 16
  • Wildlife Sanctuary 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    15
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 6
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 6
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 3

    Other designations

    0

      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Kenya 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.