Niue

6
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 100%
Points 0%
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

22.13% Coverage

58km2 Land area covered

262km2 Total land area

23.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

40.68% Coverage

129,426km2 Marine and coastal area covered

318,149km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 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 2

  1. Moana Mahu Marine Protected Area, Niue Updated: 2020 Ministry of Natural Resource via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  2. Protected areas of Niue Updated: 2019 Niue Department of Environment via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Designations

  • 16.67%
  • 83.33%

National designations

1
  • marine protected area 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    0

      Other designations

      5
      • Cultural and Heritage Park 1
      • Forest Conservation Area 1
      • Marine Protected Area 1
      • Taboo 2

      citation

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