Vanuatu

34
Total Protected Areas
3 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 38%
Points 62%
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

4.15% Coverage

506km2 Land area covered

12,197km2 Total land area

PAME

0.25% With management effectiveness evaluations

30km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.01% Coverage

66km2 Marine and coastal area covered

625,984km2 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 6

  1. Protect Planet Ocean Reconciliation Updated: 2010 UNEP-WCMC and IUCN
  2. Pacific region protected areas Updated: 2004 University of Queensland, Australia
  3. Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the Pacific Updated: 2008 The WorldFish Center, ReefBase Project, Penang, Malaysia
  4. Protected Areas of Vanuatu Updated: 2003 Director, Vanuatu Protected Areas Initiative, Wan Tok Environment Centre, Santo, Vanuatu
  5. Nguna Pele Marine Reserve Updated: 2007 UNEP-WCMC
  6. Protected areas of Vanuatu Updated: 1990 South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Vanuatu

Designations

  • 100%

National designations

34
  • Conservation Area 1
  • Forest Conservation Area 19
  • Marine Protected Area 7
  • Marine Reserve 3
  • Recreation Reserve 3
  • Reserve 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    0

      Other designations

      0

        citation

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