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United Arab Emirates

61
Total Protected Areas
31 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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• 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.
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

19.18% Coverage

13,737km2 Land area covered

71,617km2 Total land area

PAME

14.62% With management effectiveness evaluations

10,471km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

12% Coverage

6,178km2 Marine and coastal area covered

51,466km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

4.38% With management effectiveness evaluations

2,255km2 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 of United Arab Emirates Updated: 2024 Director, Biodiversity Department, Environment Affair and Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

    Designations

    • 80.33%
    • 19.67%

    National designations

    49
    • Marine National Park 2
    • Protected Area 47

    Regional designations

    0

      International designations

      12
      • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 10
      • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 2

      Other designations

      0

        citation

        UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for United Arab Emirates 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.