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Philippines

273
Total Protected Areas
14 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
178
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 68%
Points 32%
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

15.98% Coverage

47,059km2 Land area covered

294,488km2 Total land area

12.80% 0th National Report coverage

PAME

1.73% With management effectiveness evaluations

5,109km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

1.62% Coverage

31,875km2 Marine and coastal area covered

1,965,991km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.08% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,670km2 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 5

  1. Protected Areas and OECMS of the Philippines Updated: 2021 Biodiersity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  4. ICCAs of the Philippines Updated: 2019 Philippine Association for Intercultural Development, Inc. (PAFID)
  5. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 91.21%
  • 3.3%
  • 4.76%
  • 0.73%

National designations

249
  • Bird and Fish Sanctuary 1
  • Forest Reserve 1
  • Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary 3
  • Managed Resource Protected Area 1
  • Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserve 22
  • Marine Resource Reserve 1
  • National Park 33
  • Natural Biotic Area 4
  • Natural Monument 4
  • Natural Park 32
  • Parks and Wildlife Center 1
  • Protected Landscape 37
  • Protected Landscape and Seascape 21
  • Protected Lanscape 1
  • Protected Seascape 4
  • Resource Reserve 4
  • Watershed 1
  • Watershed and Forest Range 2
  • Watershed Forest Reserve 47
  • Watershed Reservation 5
  • Wetland Park 1
  • Wilderness Area 11
  • Wildlife Sanctuary 12

Regional designations

9
  • ASEAN Heritage Park 9

International designations

13
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 7
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 3
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 3

Other designations

2
  • Ancestral Domain 1
  • Conserved habitat 1

citation

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