Dominican Republic

139

Total Protected Areas

35 With management effectiveness evaluations

Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas

Other effective area-based conservation measures

Total Other effective area-based conservation measures

Polygons/Points ratio

Polygons 97%

Points 3%

Discover Protected Areas and OECMs

Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas

Other effective area-based conservation measures

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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

26.19% Coverage

12,622km² Land area covered

48,185km² Total land area

26.00% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

14.67% With management effectiveness evaluations

7,070km² Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

13.3% Coverage

46,655km² Marine and coastal area covered

350,704km² Total marine and coastal area

9.60% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

0.43% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,502km² 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.

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Governance types

Federal or national ministry or agency 134 View list
Not Reported 5 View list

Sources 4

Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2003 UNESCO-MAB
Protected areas of the Dominican Republic Updated: 2022 Ministry of Environment (MoE), Dominican Republic
Cartagena Convention Updated: 2017 UNEP-CEP

Designations

93.53%
2.88%
3.6%

National designations

130

Biological Reserve 2
Ecological Corridor 3
Forest Reserve 15
Marine Mammal Sanctuary 2
Marine National Park 2
Marine Sanctuary 3
National Park 29
National Recreation Area 4
Natural Monument 30
Scientific Reserve 8
Via Panoramica 10
Wildlife Refuge 22

Regional designations

Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 4

International designations

Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 4
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1

Other designations