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Palau

66
Total Protected Areas
15 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 97%
Points 3%
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Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

31.44% Coverage

147km2 Land area covered

468km2 Total land area

PAME

3.08% With management effectiveness evaluations

14km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

98.01% Coverage

604,275km2 Marine and coastal area covered

616,527km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.01% With management effectiveness evaluations

77km2 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 4

  1. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2005 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (19th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. Protected Areas of Palau Updated: 2019 Palau National Marine Sanctuary Office via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  4. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme

Designations

  • 95.45%
  • 4.55%

National designations

63
  • Bird Sanctuary 2
  • CA Set Aside 2
  • Co-Management Area 10
  • Conservation Area 28
  • Fishery Reserve 1
  • Fishing Zone 1
  • Forest Preserve 2
  • IBA 1
  • Marine Sanctuary 2
  • Nature Reserve 2
  • Recreation Zone 1
  • State Waters 1
  • Wildlife Conservation Area 1
  • Zone Management Area 9

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    3
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 1
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

    Other designations

    0

      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Palau 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], March 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.