New Caledonia

115
Total Protected Areas
0 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 72%
Points 28%
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

59.58% Coverage

11,120km2 Land area covered

18,663km2 Total land area

PAME

1.73% With management effectiveness evaluations

323km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

100% Coverage

1,319,253km2 Marine and coastal area covered

1,179,560km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

1.44% With management effectiveness evaluations

17,026km2 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 12

  1. Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the Pacific Updated: 2008 The WorldFish Center, ReefBase Project, Penang, Malaysia
  2. Protect Planet Ocean Reconciliation Updated: 2010 UNEP-WCMC and IUCN
  3. Pacific region protected areas Updated: 2004 University of Queensland, Australia
  4. Source is currently unknown Updated: - Not Reported
  5. Ile Pam Updated: 2005 Not Reported
  6. Protected areas of New Caledonia (Southern Province) Updated: 2019 Direction du service de l'Etat de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de l'Environnement
  7. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  8. Natural Park of the Coral Sea, New Caledonia Updated: 2014 Direction des affaires maritimes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
  9. L’Agence des aires marines protégées Updated: 2014 L’Agence des aires marines protégées
  10. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  11. Association pour le Sauvegarde de la Nature Caladonienne Updated: - Association pour le Sauvegarde de la Nature Caladonienne, Noumea
  12. Protected areas of Nouvelle Caledonie Updated: 1981 Insititut National de l'Information géographique et forestière, France

Designations

  • 98.26%
  • 1.74%

National designations

113
  • Forest Reserve 7
  • Integral nature reserve 5
  • Locally managed protected area 10
  • Marine Protected Area 5
  • National Park 8
  • Natural Monument 1
  • Natural Park 2
  • Nature reserve 30
  • Other Area 6
  • Seasonal integral nature reserve 1
  • Seasonal nature reserve 2
  • Special Botanical Reserve 14
  • Special Fauna and Flora Reserve 1
  • Special Fauna Reserve 5
  • Special Marine Reserve 11
  • Strict Nature Reserve 1
  • Territorial Park 4

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    2
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 1
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

    Other designations

    0

      citation

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