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Guinea

132
Total Protected Areas
18 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 89%
Points 11%
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

37.61% Coverage

91,955km2 Land area covered

244,498km2 Total land area

15.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

9.31% With management effectiveness evaluations

22,770km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.6% Coverage

619km2 Marine and coastal area covered

102,346km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.48% With management effectiveness evaluations

492km2 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 11

  1. Protected Areas of Guinea Updated: 2021 Office Guinéen des Parcs et Réserves (OGPR) via the Observatory for Biodiversity and Protected Areas in West Africa (OBAPAO)
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2003 UNESCO-MAB
  4. Protected Areas Updated: 2000 Projet Conseiller Forestier (PCF), Guinea
  5. Tamba Updated: 1991 Not Reported
  6. Haut Niger National Park - Kouya Core Area Updated: 2004 Bissau Guinea Transboundary Proposed Park (under Appui à la Gestion Intégrée des Ressources (Programme Régional) -AGIR- Project)
  7. Source is currently unknown Updated: - Not Reported
  8. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  9. Nialama and Souti-Yanfu Forest Reserve, Guinea Updated: 2002 United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  10. Protected Areas of Guinea Updated: 1989 Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT)/ Bureau pour Ie Développement de la Production Agricole (BDPA)/-SCET AGRI (1989)
  11. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 84.09%
  • 15.91%

National designations

111
  • Classified Forest 101
  • Faunal Reserve 1
  • National Park 4
  • Nature Reserve 1
  • Not Reported 1
  • Strict Nature Reserve 1
  • Wildlife Reserve 1
  • Wildlife Sanctuary 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    21
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 16
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 4
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

    Other designations

    0

      citation

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