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Mongolia

109
Total Protected Areas
32 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 95%
Points 5%
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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.
• 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

19.82% Coverage

310,105km2 Land area covered

1,564,876km2 Total land area

17.40% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

13.33% With management effectiveness evaluations

208,662km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0% Coverage

0km2 Marine and coastal area covered

0km2 Total marine and coastal area

0.00% 5th National Report coverage

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. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. Protected Areas of Mongolia Updated: 2020 Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia
  4. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 82.57%
  • 17.43%

National designations

90
  • National Park 31
  • Nature monument 13
  • Nature Reserve 32
  • Strictly Protected Area 14

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    19
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 11
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 6
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

    Other designations

    0

      citation

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