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Argentina

473
Total Protected Areas
62 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 84%
Points 16%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
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Other effective area-based conservation measures
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The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

• 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

8.82% Coverage

245,186km2 Land area covered

2,780,893km2 Total land area

PAME

2.4% With management effectiveness evaluations

66,834km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

12.02% Coverage

128,759km2 Marine and coastal area covered

1,071,039km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.53% With management effectiveness evaluations

5,701km2 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 3

    1. Areas Protegidas Provinciales, Reservas de Biosfera MaB-UNESCO, Sitios RAMSAR and Bienes de Patrimonio Mundial Natural y Cultural de Argentina Updated: 2018 Grupo de Trabajo sobre Áreas Protegidas Subsecretaría de Planificación y Política Ambiental Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable
    2. Áreas Protegidas Nacionales de Argentina administradas por la Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) Updated: 2022 Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN)
    3. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

    Designations

    • 90.91%
    • 9.09%

    National designations

    430
    • Archaeological Park 1
    • Botanical Reserve 1
    • Conservation Area 1
    • Conservation Unit 1
    • Cultural and Nature Reserve 1
    • Cultural Nature Reserve 1
    • Ecological and Forest Reserve 1
    • Ecological Reserve 1
    • Educational Nature Reserve 1
    • Experimental Area 1
    • Fisheries Reserve 4
    • Flora and Fauna Reserve 2
    • Flora and Fauna Reserve with Managed Resources 1
    • Forest Reserve 13
    • Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve 1
    • Hunting Reserve 2
    • Hydrological Reserve 1
    • Ichthyic Reserve 1
    • Ictica Natural Reserve 1
    • Ictica Reserve 1
    • Intangible Nature Reserve 3
    • Integral Nature Reserve 4
    • Interjurisdictional Coastal Marine Park 1
    • Interjurisdictional Marine Park 2
    • Limited Use Area Under Special Protection 4
    • Managed Nature Reserve 2
    • Marine National Park 2
    • Marine National Reserve 3
    • Marine Strict Nature Reserve 2
    • Mixed Integral Nature Reserve 1
    • Multiple Use Municipal Ecological Reserve 1
    • Multiple Use Nature Reserve 13
    • Multiple Use Provincial Reserve 6
    • Multiple Use Reserve 19
    • Municipal Nature Park 7
    • Municipal Nature Reserve 4
    • Municipal Reserve 4
    • National Park 38
    • National Reserve 19
    • Natural reserve 1
    • Natural Tourist Reserve 5
    • Natural Water Reserve 2
    • Nature and Cultural Reserve 2
    • Nature Fauna Reserve 1
    • Nature Forest Reserve 1
    • Nature Historical and Cultural Heritage Site 1
    • Nature Monument 13
    • Nature Park 2
    • Nature Reserve 23
    • Nature Reserve of Defense 13
    • Nature Reserve of Define Objects 1
    • Nature Water Reserve 1
    • Nature Wildlife Reserve 1
    • Private Multiple Use Reserve 3
    • Private Nature Refuge 1
    • Private Nature Reserve 1
    • Private Refuge 2
    • Private Reserve 20
    • Private Wildlife Refuge 12
    • Protected Landscape 14
    • Protected Landscape Reserve 1
    • Protected Nature and Cultural and Landscape Reserve 1
    • Protected Nature Area 7
    • Protected Nature Area - Protected Landscape 1
    • Provincial Faunal Reserve 1
    • Provincial Flora and Fauna Reserve 1
    • Provincial Nature Monument 1
    • Provincial Nature Park 2
    • Provincial Nature Park and Natural Forest Reserve 1
    • Provincial Nature Reserve 9
    • Provincial Park 45
    • Provincial Park and Forest Reserve 1
    • Provincial Refuge 1
    • Provincial Reserve 20
    • Provincial Reserve and Park 1
    • Provincial Water Reserve 1
    • Public Tourist Park 1
    • Reserva Hídrica Natural 1
    • Reserva Pública 1
    • Reserve with purposes of public utility 1
    • Resource Reserve 1
    • Rural School Park 1
    • Scientific Nature Reserve 1
    • Scientific Use Area Under Special Protection 1
    • Strict Nature Reserve 2
    • Total Reserve 1
    • Tourist and Forest Provincial Reserve 1
    • Tourist and Scientific Research Nature Reserve 1
    • Tourist Nature Reserve 10
    • University Park 1
    • University Resource Reserve 1
    • Urban Multiple Use Nature Reserve 1
    • Urban Nature Reserve 1
    • Wilderness Nature Reserve 8
    • Wildlife Area 1
    • Wildlife Refuge 6
    • Wildlife Reserve 2

    Regional designations

    0

      International designations

      43
      • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 23
      • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 15
      • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 5

      Other designations

      0

        citation

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

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        Citation

        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.