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Zambia

640
Total Protected Areas
23 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 82%
Points 18%
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

41.27% Coverage

309,920km2 Land area covered

750,913km2 Total land area

37.80% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

15.56% With management effectiveness evaluations

116,879km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0% Coverage

0km2 Marine and coastal area covered

0km2 Total marine and coastal area

0.00% 6th National Report coverage

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. Protected Areas of Zambia Updated: 2021 Department of National Parks and Wildlife
  2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  3. Republic of Zambia - Forest Estate Updated: 1988 Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Zambia
  4. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  5. Forest reserves of Zambia Updated: 1993 Forestry Department (FD), Zambia
  6. Natural monuments of Zambia Updated: 1993 National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC), Zambia

Designations

  • 98.59%
  • 1.41%

National designations

631
  • Natural Monument 16
  • Forest Reserve 555
  • Wildlife Sanctuary 2
  • National Park 20
  • Bird Sanctuary 2
  • Game Management Area 36

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    9
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 8
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

    Other designations

    0

      citation

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