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Ukraine

5782
Total Protected Areas
34 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 31%
Points 69%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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• Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
• Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
• A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

16.81% Coverage

100,111km2 Land area covered

595,506km2 Total land area

6.05% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

1.22% With management effectiveness evaluations

7,292km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

21.64% Coverage

30,122km2 Marine and coastal area covered

139,198km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.09% With management effectiveness evaluations

130km2 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 10

  1. Protected Areas of the Ukraine Updated: 1999 Main Department of National Nature Parks and Reserves, Ministry of the Environment, Ukraine
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  4. Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve
  5. Emerald Network Updated: 2024 Council of Europe
  6. Source is currently unknown Updated: - Not Reported
  7. Krymskoye Updated: 1977 IUCN
  8. Global system of marine protected areas Updated: 1995 IUCN, the World Bank and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  9. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  10. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC

Designations

  • 89.85%
  • 9.29%
  • 0.86%

National designations

5195
  • National Park 7
  • Biosphere Reserve 1
  • Nature Zapovednik 15
  • State Botanical Garden 16
  • State Nature Reserve 1
  • Regional Park - Monument of Orchard - Park Art 274
  • State Zakaznik 272
  • State Nature Monument 113
  • State Park - Monument of Orchard - Park Art 78
  • National Biosphere Zapovednik 4
  • Regional Zakaznik 1815
  • National Nature Park 1
  • Regional Landscape Park 19
  • Not Reported 660
  • Regional Nature Monument 1919

Regional designations

537
  • Emerald Network 537

International designations

50
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 41
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 8
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

Other designations

0

    citation

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