Morocco

92
Total Protected Areas
6 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
338
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

2.14% Coverage

8,862km2 Land area covered

414,105km2 Total land area

16.20% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

0.25% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,054km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.27% Coverage

758km2 Marine and coastal area covered

280,339km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.13% With management effectiveness evaluations

359km2 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 1

  1. Protected Areas and OECMs of Morocco Updated: 2024 Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (HCEFLCD)

Designations

  • 57.61%
  • 1.09%
  • 41.3%

National designations

53
  • Biological Reserve 29
  • Marine Protected Area (MPA) 5
  • National Park 11
  • Natural Park 7
  • Nature reserve 1

Regional designations

1
  • Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention) 1

International designations

38
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 34
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 4

Other designations

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    citation

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