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Brazil

3780
Total Protected Areas
878 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 91%
Points 9%
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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

30.62% Coverage

2,593,200km2 Land area covered

8,467,897km2 Total land area

16.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

15.81% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,339,141km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

26.65% Coverage

981,349km2 Marine and coastal area covered

3,682,336km2 Total marine and coastal area

1.50% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

25.99% With management effectiveness evaluations

957,077km2 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 10

  1. Protected Areas of Brazil Updated: 2024 Departamento de Áreas Protegidas, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Ministério do Meio Ambiente
  2. Indigenous Areas of Brazil Updated: 2011 Coordenação Geral de Geoprocessamento (CGGEO)/ Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI ), Brazil
  3. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  4. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  5. Protected Areas of Brazil Updated: 2005 Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI), Brazil
  6. ICCAs in Brazil Updated: 2021 TICCA Brazil Network
  7. Indigenous areas Brazil Updated: 2005 BGE e Diretoria do Serviço Geográfico (DSG), Sistema de Terras Indígenas (STI) da Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) /DAF, Brazil
  8. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  9. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2003 UNESCO-MAB
  10. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2005 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (19th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris

Designations

  • 98.94%
  • 1.03%
  • 0.03%

National designations

3740
  • Area of Relevant Ecological Interest 95
  • Wildlife Refuge 105
  • Indigenous Reserve 19
  • Indigenous Area 708
  • Extractive Reserve 98
  • Forest 110
  • Biological Reserve 68
  • Ecological Station 107
  • Environmental Protection Area 472
  • Natural Heritage Private Reserve 1240
  • Natural Monument 91
  • Park 581
  • Sustainable Development Reserve 46

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    39
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 25
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 6
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 8

    Other designations

    1
    • Historical and Cultural Heritage Site 1

    citation

    UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Brazil from the World Database on Protected Areas, April 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], April 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.