_id metadataid data_title resp_party year update_yr char_set ref_system scale lineage citation disclaimer language verifier 1 621 Protected Areas of St Helena St Helena Government 2003 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported This data is restricted for visualisation and statistics purposes only, not for redistribution English St Helena Government 2 6 Protected areas of Benin Insititut National de l'Information géographique et forestière, France 1984 1984 Not Reported Not Reported 1:600,000 Protected areas for Benin are taken from a 1:600,000 scale map République Populaire du Benin (1984) published by the Institut Géographique National (France), portraying national parks, hunting zones and classified forests. Not Reported French Insititut National de l'Information géographique et forestière, France 3 10 Protected Areas of Belarus Department of Environment and Protection, Belarus 1996 1996 Not Reported Transverse Mercator Central Meridian, False E, False N, Lat of Orig 1:500,000 Map produced for the Department of Environment and Protection. Publisher: Belgeadezia. All polygons and points on the map were captured. Not Reported English Department of Environment and Protection, Belarus 4 13 Protected Areas of Bermuda Government of Bermuda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1990 2024 Not Reported Bermuda_2000_National_Grid, D_Bermuda_2000, Transverse_Mercator 1:5,000 Review prior to submission Government of Bermuda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources The Government of Bermuda makes no claim regarding the accuracy of the information extracted from or depicted in the dataset and expressly disclaims responsibility for any damage or liability that may arise from the use of this dataset. English Government of Bermuda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources 5 73 Protected Areas of Guinea Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT)/ Bureau pour Ie Développement de la Production Agricole (BDPA)/-SCET AGRI (1989) 1989 1989 Not Reported Not Reported 1:700,000 "Vegetation map which accompanies the report entitled ""Potentialités et Possibilités de Relance de l'Activité Forestière"". Land use data on map derived from 79-80 aerial photography (Japan Int Cooperation Ag.),upd. using Landsat MSS 84-85-86." Potentialités et Possibilités de Relance de l'Activité Forestière, CTFT/BDPA-SCET AGRI (1989); Synthèse Régionale et Nationale. Not Reported Not Reported Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT)/ Bureau pour Ie Développement de la Production Agricole (BDPA)/-SCET AGRI (1989) 6 78 World Directory of the Hellenic Military Geographical Service Hellenic Military Geographical Service, Greece 1985 1985 Not Reported Not Reported 1:1,000,000 Not Reported Not Reported English Hellenic Military Geographical Service, Greece 7 113 Protected Areas of Italy Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Italian Environment Ministry 1995 1995 Not Reported Not Reported 1:1,000,000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Italian Environment Ministry 8 178 Forest Reserves of Kenya Kenya Forest Service, facilitated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development 1980 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 9 183 Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka 1990 2025 Not Reported Not Reported 1:500,000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka 10 209 Protected areas of Nouvelle Caledonie Insititut National de l'Information géographique et forestière, France 1981 1981 Not Reported Not Reported 1:500,000 No cartographic information on mining or reserves available Not Reported English Insititut National de l'Information geographique et forestière, France 11 212 Protected areas of Nigeria Nigerian Conservation Foundation 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Nigerian Conservation Foundation (1990) w/ additions from Julian Caldecott Not Reported Not Reported None 12 213 Protected areas of Nigeria Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Department of Forestry 1978 1978 Not Reported Not Reported 1:250,000 Vegetation and land use [Nigeria] 1978 - interpretation, field studies & cartography by Hunting Technical Services Limited ; prepared for and printed by Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Department of Forestry Not Reported Not Reported Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Department of Forestry 13 218 Review of the Protected Areas System of the Indomalayan Realm The Asian Bureau for Conservation (ABC) 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported 1:1,000,000 Based on early AVHRR and Landsat data and existing reports/maps Not Reported Not Reported UNEP-WCMC and Asian Bureau for Conservation, UK 14 219 Protected areas of Pakistan Pakistan - National Council for Conservation of Wildlife, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cooperatives 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Pakistan - National Council for Conservation of Wildlife, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cooperatives 15 232 Polska Mapa Ochrony Pryzyrody - Conservation of Nature Institute of Environmental Protection, Poland 1992 1992 Not Reported Not Reported 1:750,000 Polska Mapa Ochrony Pryzyrody - Conservation of Nature (1992) Not Reported Not Reported Institute of Environmental Protection, Poland 16 269 Protected areas of Vanuatu South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Vanuatu 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Vanuatu taken from Fourth South Pacific Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. Fourth South Pacific Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. Not Reported English None 17 279 World Heritage Sites and Man and Biosphere Reserves in the USA US Geological Survey, USA 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Republica de Venezuela - Areas Bajo Regimen de Administracion Especial (1991) Not Reported English US Geological Survey, USA 18 290 Republic of Zambia - Forest Estate Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Zambia 1988 1988 Not Reported Not Reported 1:1,500,000 Both national forest and local forest polygons digitised - they have not been differentiated in the polygon data. Not Reported Not Reported Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Zambia 19 302 Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands Ordnance Survey of UK 1985 1985 Not Reported UTM Zone 18/19 1:2,500 Digitised at UNEP-WCMC Not Reported English Ordnance Survey of UK 20 303 Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands Not Reported 1995 1995 Not Reported Not Reported 1:2,500 Photocopied A4 sheet showing protected area outline Not Reported English None 21 318 Biodiversity Conservation of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan WWF Russian Programme Office 1997 1997 Not Reported Not Reported 1:1,000,000 Protected Area polygons fitted to MundoCart digital database at WCMC Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 22 958 Cape Royds, Ross Island UNEP-WCMC Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) website, http://www.cep.aq/apa/aspa/sites/aspa121/ASPA121RoydsPlan.htm Not Reported English None 23 358 Washington Datafest with Conservation International October 2002 Conservation International, Washington, USA 2002 2002 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Data exchange workshop between multiple NGOs convened by Conservation International in Washington in October 2002 Not Reported Multiple None 24 367 Protected Areas of the Ukraine Main Department of National Nature Parks and Reserves, Ministry of the Environment, Ukraine 1999 1999 Not Reported Not Reported 1:250,000 Not Reported Protected Areas of the Ukraine – Digital Map, 1999. Main Department of National Nature Parks and Reserves, Ministry of the Environment, Ukraine. No commercial use of dataset is allowed unless written permission of authors provided. Not Reported Main Department of National Nature Parks and Reserves, Ministry of the Environment, Ukraine 25 383 Protected Areas of France Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France 1999 1999 Not Reported Not Reported 1:50,000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France 26 390 Protected areas of Madagascar Ministry of Environment - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2002 2024 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Environment 27 391 Protected Areas of Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Cayman Islands 2003 2016 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Environment, Cayman Islands 28 482 Protected areas of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Part), Himalayas, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Viet Nam Conservation International, Washington, USA 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Data exchange workshop between multiple NGOs convened by Conservation International in Washington in October 2002 Not Reported English None 29 484 Protected areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Amazonia SURPA 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Multiple None 30 504 Protected areas of Seychelles Ministry of Environment, Republic of Seychelles - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2003 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Ministry of Environment, Republic of Seychelles. UN List 2003 reply, May 2003 Not Reported English Ministry of Environment, Republic of Seychelles 31 506 Protected Areas of Iran Department of Environment (DOE), Bureau of Habitats and Protected Areas, Iran 2002 2025 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Bureau of habitats and protected areas as of 31/07/2002. UN List 2003 reply, May 2003. Updated Info/New GIS: DOE, June 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Department of Environment, Iran 32 509 Protected Areas of Ireland Dúchas - The Heritage Service, Ireland 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Nature Reserves and NP checked/updated from GIS dataset downloaded 09/09/2003. SAC's and SPA GIS dataset downloaded from Duchas - Heritage Service 09/09/2003 and 10/09/2003. Not Reported English Dúchas - The Heritage Service, Ireland 33 523 Protected Areas of Jersey Channel islands Government of Jersey 2003 2018 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Government of Jersey 34 526 Nature Reserves of China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported GIS data received from source to be used for UN List 2003 update. Three polygons were subsequently copied to Ramsar Sites in 2011 (see metadataid 915) XIE Yan, Wang Sung, DU Youmei, LI Shengbiao, DU Youcai and et. al. (2003) 'China Species Information System'. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Not Reported English None 35 560 Galapagos Island The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported GIS dataset supplied by the Galapagos National Park. Not Reported Not Reported The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park 36 568 World Heritage Convention, Natural Heritage China Ministry of Construction, China 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Sketch map provided by Ministry of Construction (1991). World Heritage Convention Natural Heritage China. Image of sketch map registered and digitized at UNEP-WCMC Not Reported Not Reported Ministry of Construction, China 37 602 GIS dataset supplied by ARCBC - ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Centre for Nature Conservation (ARCBC) 2004 2004 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported ASEAN GIS Dataset supplied by ARCBC (dataset date 2004), January 2005. Contents compiled since early 80's on base charts from MundoCart and DCW. ONC charts used for digitizing outlines where more precise geo-referenced maps were not available. Not Reported English None 38 603 GIS dataset supplied by ARCBC - ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Centre for Nature Conservation (ARCBC) 2004 2004 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported ASEAN GIS Dataset supplied by ARCBC (dataset date 2004), January 2005. Contents compiled since early 80's on base charts from MundoCart and DCW. ONC charts used for digitizing outlines where more precise geo-referenced maps were not available. Not Reported English None 39 608 Nialama and Souti-Yanfu Forest Reserve, Guinea United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Digitized Nialama and Souti-Yanfu Forest Reserve boundaries from registered map from USAID website Not Reported Not Reported None 40 614 Protected Areas System for Sri Lanka's Natural Forests Environmental Management Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Forestry, Sri Lanka 1997 1997 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported GIS dataset produced for 1997 IUCN & WCMC Report to design an optimum PA system for Sri Lanka's natural forests. Dataset includes 90% of forest reserves listed in the WDPA and detailed boundaries for national park, nature reserves and sanctuaries Not Reported Not Reported Environmental Management Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Forestry, Sri Lanka 41 631 Waddensea Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Virchowstr. 1 D-26382 Wilhelmshaven Germany 1997 1997 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Kerinci Seblat, Gunung Leuser and Bukit Barisan Selatan NP polygon boundary JPEG map. Digitised at UNEP-WCMC. Ministerial Declaration of the Eighth Trilateral Govt. Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Not Reported Not Reported Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Virchowstr. 1 D-26382 Wilhelmshaven Germany 42 649 Bolivia protected areas dataset Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP), Bolivia 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Bolivia protected areas dataset provided by Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP) via Conservation International Not Reported Spanish Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP), Bolivia 43 682 Protected Areas of Guinea-Bissau Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas/Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Areas Protegidas (IBAP), Guiné-Bissau 1988 2020 Not Reported UTM Zone 28 N (Datum WGS84) Not Reported "Digital data originally digitised from sketch map but the original data subsequently provided by IBAP in 1988. In 2020 shapefiles were provided. " Not Reported Not Reported Portuguese and English Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas/Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Areas Protegidas (IBAP), Guiné-Bissau 44 699 Protected Areas of Bulgaria Executive Environmental Agency, Bulgaria 2007 2007 Not Reported UTM Zone 35 N (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Executive Environmental Agency, Bulgaria 45 707 Protected Areas of Brazil Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI), Brazil 2005 2005 Not Reported Geographic coordinate system (Datum SAD 69) Not Reported FUNAI - Fundação Nacional Do Índio (National Indigenous Foundation of Brazil) dataset (information current to 10/10/2005) Not Reported Portuguese Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI), Brazil 46 710 Ankasa Game, Bia, Gbele , Mole and Kyabobo protected areas Protected Areas Development Programme (PAPD II), Ghana 2007 2007 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported None 47 711 Senegal protected areas Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Senegal 2007 2007 Not Reported UTM Zone 28 N (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Senegal protected areas for Cheikh Mbow l'Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar (UCAD) Not Reported English None 48 715 Protected areas in the Congo Basin African Forest Observatory (FORAF), Democratic Republic of Congo 2007 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Review of protected areas in the Congo Basin Not Reported English None 49 724 Protected Areas of the Cross River region Not Reported 2006 2006 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Personal Communication. Polygon dataset from Richard Bergl (Nov. 2007). Not Reported Multiple None 50 745 Source is currently unknown Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported None 51 759 Source title is currently unknown Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Various Not Reported Not Reported Multiple None 52 811 Wildlife Protected Areas, Costa Rica Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion (SINAC), Costa Rica 2008 2024 Not Reported UTM Projection Zone (specifics Not Reported) 50000 Map of Wildlife Protected Areas in 2008. The 6th (sixth) edition. Not Reported Spanish Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion (SINAC), Costa Rica 53 814 Sistema Guatemalteco de Areas Protegidas (SIGAP) Dirección de Desarrollo del SIGAP (DDSIGAP), Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala 2009 2020 Not Reported Lambert Conformal Conic Projection with one parallel Central Meridian, //, False E, False N, Lat of Orig 20000 Jorge Mario Gomez, Tecnico Sistema de Información Geográfica, Departamento de Unidades de Conservación, Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas, 5 avenida 6-06, zona 1, Edificio IPM, 5to, 6to, 7to Nivel Not Reported Not Reported Spanish Dirección de Desarrollo del SIGAP (DDSIGAP), Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala 54 820 Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SINAP) de Nicaragua, Reservas de Biosferas y Sitios RAMSAR Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (MARENA), Nicaragua, Dirección General de Patrimonio Natural y Biodiversidad (DGPNyB) 2007 2020 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format Lambert Conformal Conic Projection with one parallel Central Meridian, //, False E, False N, Lat of Orig Not Reported Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SINAP) de Nicaragua Not Reported Spanish Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (MARENA), Nicaragua, Dirección General de Patrimonio Natural y Biodiversidad (DGPNyB) 55 822 Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SINAP) de Panamá Dirección de Áreas Protegidas y Biodiversidad, Dirección de Información Ambiental, Ministerio de Ambiente, Panamá 2009 2021 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format WGS 1984, UTM Projection, Zone 17N 50000 Not Reported Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas Not Reported Spanish Dirección de Áreas Protegidas y Biodiversidad, Dirección de Información Ambiental, Ministerio de Ambiente, Panamá 56 826 Kaya Forests Kenya Coastal Forest Conservation Unit, National Museums of Kenya 2009 2009 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format Geographic coordinate system (Datum WGS84) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Coastal Forest Conservation Unit, National Museums of Kenya 57 828 Bolivia Protected Areas Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP), Bolivia 2007 2007 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format UTM Projection Zone (specifics Not Reported) 1000000 Coverage of Protected Areas National System of Protected Areas (SNAP) from Bolivia Not Reported Spanish Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SERNAP) Calle Francisco Bedregal No. 2904, Zona Sopocachi. La Paz - Bolivia. 58 830 Protected areas of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Environment (MoE), Dominican Republic 2004 2022 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format UTM Zone 18/19 Not Reported Attribute information updated by protectedareas UNEP-WCMC through MoE website, March 2011: http://www.ambiente.gob.do/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=60&Itemid=232. Previous source: Caribbean Region's Environment Unit (LATEN), 1996 Not Reported Spanish UNEP-WCMC from Ministry of Environment (MoE), Dominican Republic website 59 831 Vietnam Man and Biosphere Reserves Vietnam MAB Committee 2009 2009 UTF8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 60 832 Commission for the Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Commission for the Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) 2009 2017 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported UNEP-WCMC digitized the boundaries from coordinates provided Not Reported English None 61 845 Tanzanian Protected Areas GIS Section, Land Use Commission, Division of Forestry and Beekeeping, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania 2009 2009 ANSI UTM Arc1960 Zone 36S Various Various Methods, contact Responsible Party for further details. Not Reported English GIS Section, Land Use Commission, Division of Forestry and Beekeeping, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania 62 848 Protected Areas of Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency 2016 2020 ANSI WGS 84 1:100,000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic National Environmental Protection Agency 63 855 Protected Areas of Yunnan Province, China Ecology Conservation & Environment Center (ECEC) Kunming Institute of Zoology, China 2010 2010 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Prepared and submitted by Dr. Douglas W. Yu of the Kunming Institute for Zoology with help from a Student Not Reported English and Chinese None 64 964 Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) Environment Australia (EA) 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported CAPAD 2002 supplied by Environment Australia (EA) for UN List 2003, July 2003. Checked against CAPAD web (website dated 23 Sep 2003), October 2003. Checked using CAPAD web (website updated 23 Sept 2003), Oct 2003. Not Reported English None 65 876 Protected Areas of Liberia Forestry Development Authority, Liberia 2010 2017 Not Reported WGS 84, UTM Zone 29N Not Reported The Forestry Development Authority(FDA) provided the most recent dataset of protected areas in Liberia, which includes 2 gazetted sites and 13 proposed sites Forestry Development Authority (2010) Protected Areas of Liberia Not Reported English Forestry Development Authority, Liberia 66 878 Protect Planet Ocean Reconciliation UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2010 2010 UTF-8 WGS 84 Various Where the WDPA had obtained updates for countries more recent than PPO, those sites were not updated. 14787 attributes were updated for polygons, 378 for points, 75 new points were added and 8 new polygons. Not Reported English None 67 881 Protected Areas of Thailand Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Thailand 2010 2023 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Dataset provided by the Dep. of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation through the WDPA expert review project with IUCN Asia, 2010 Not Reported English Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Thailand 68 882 Protected areas of Tanzania WWF’s Conservation Science Program (CSP), USA 2010 2010 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Tanzania Update from WWF USA via Neil Burgess. Contributions from Jessica Forrest, Steve Ball, Cyprian Malima, A.Araman, & K. Clark (PAMS Foundation). Refer to MetadataID 845 for original source. Not Reported English None 69 883 OSPAR Marine Protected Areas Network OSPAR Commission, Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA, UK 2013 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported OSPAR data platform/website: http://mpa.ospar.org/home_ospar OSPAR Secretariat (2020) OSPAR Marine Protected Areas The data sets themselves and/or their presentation may change at regular intervals, immediately and without notice. By accessing www.ospar.org and/or retrieving and/or using presented data sets therein, the user agrees to the following: OSPAR shall not b English OSPAR Commission, Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA, UK 70 903 National and Local Marine Protected Areas in Indonesia Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia 2011 2011 UTF-8 WGS 84 250000 (national) and 50000 (local) Not Reported Not Reported English and Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia 71 905 Indigenous Areas of Brazil "Coordenação Geral de Geoprocessamento (CGGEO)/ Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI ), Brazil " 2011 2011 UTF-8 "SAD 69 " "100000 " Not Reported Not Reported Portuguese "Coordenação Geral de Geoprocessamento (CGGEO)/ Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI ), Brazil " 72 906 Protected Areas of Guyana Protected Areas Commission (PAC) 2011 2022 UTF-8 WGS 84/UTM Zone 21N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Guyana Lands & Survey Commssion; PAC; Iwokrama 73 908 Protected Areas of El Salvador Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN), El Salvador 2011 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN), El Salvador 74 909 Protected Areas of Jamaica National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica 2010 2022 UTF-8 WGS 84 (The original datasets were created using the JAD 69 AND 2001 Coordinate Reference System) "50000 " The boundaries of the various protected areas were created between 1963 and 2021 [1945-Wild Life Protection Act; 1992- A Plan for a System of Protected Areas in Jamaica first developed; 1997-the Policy for Jamaica's System of Protected Areas developed re Jamaica's System of Protected Areas (2010) National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Jamaica. Not Reported English Protected Areas, National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica 75 913 Protected Areas of Egypt Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Ministry of Environment 2011 2011 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency 76 916 HELCOM Baltic Sea Protected Areas (BSPA) Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission), Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160, Helsinki, Finland 2010 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 (The original data sets were created using ETRS89 LAEA) 100000 This dataset is compiled from data submitted by HELCOM Contracting States and was updated for the Implementation report on the status and ecological coherence of the HELCOM BSPA network. (2010) Balt. Sea Environ. Proc. No. 124B. HELCOM (2016) Not Reported English Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission), Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160, Helsinki, Finland 77 921 Marine Protected Areas with No Take MPA Global, UNEP-WCMC & WWF 2008 2008 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported MPAs with no-take areas were integrated from the MPA Global dataset Wood, L. J. (2008). MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas. Sea Around Us Project, UNEP-WCMC & WWF Not Reported English None 78 923 Protected areas of China International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Construction, China 1990 1990 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported In litteris - in a letter or other documented correspondence Not Reported Not Reported International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Construction, China 79 926 Global system of marine protected areas IUCN, the World Bank and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 1995 1995 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Not Reported 80 928 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves UNESCO-MAB 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported MAB UNESCO Biosphere Directory. http://www2.unesco.org/mab/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=CAN+12\fs17. Accessed Jan & March 2003. Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB 81 933 Protected areas of Kenya Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 1993 2022 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) 82 941 Forest reserves of Zambia Forestry Department (FD), Zambia 1993 1993 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Forestry Department (FD), Zambia 83 942 Natural monuments of Zambia National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC), Zambia 1993 1993 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC), Zambia 84 943 Protected Areas of Zambia Department of National Parks and Wildlife 2003 2021 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported This agency used to be called the Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Not Reported Not Reported English Department of National Parks and Wildlife 85 946 UNESCO World Heritage Sites IUCN World Heritage Programme 2012 2024 UTF-8 WGS 84 Various Geometry provided by States Parties or digitised from UNESCO nominations, evaluation reports, and retrospective inventory process maps. Original GIS boundaries for wdpaid 555697866 provided by Pimachiowin Aki Corporation and for wdpaid 555698178 provided Not Reported English IUCN World Heritage Programme 86 949 Diawling National Park UNEP-WCMC 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Diawling National Park website (accessed October 2005), http://www.pnd.mr Not Reported English None 87 967 Protected Areas of Vanuatu Director, Vanuatu Protected Areas Initiative, Wan Tok Environment Centre, Santo, Vanuatu 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Updated attribute information used for UN List 2003 update, July 2003 Not Reported English None 88 970 Protected Areas of Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment for Samoa 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported UN List 2003 reply. April 2003 Not Reported English Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment for Samoa 89 982 Pacific region protected areas University of Queensland, Australia 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Research on Pacific region protected areas by Joanna Axford, December 2003 Not Reported English None 90 983 Pacific region protected areas University of Queensland, Australia 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Research on Pacific region protected areas by Joanna Axford, 2004 Not Reported English None 91 988 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve UNESCO-MAB 2004 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Updated using MAB website (updated 3rd June 2004), accessed June 2004 .Also: World Heritage Sites that are also Biosphere Reserves, July 2003 Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB 92 996 Protected Areas of Nigeria Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria. 2007 2007 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Personal communication. Matthew P.O. Dore, Director, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria. (16/01/2007) Not Reported English Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria. 93 1025 Protected Areas of Bahrain Government - Supreme Council for Environment 2003 2022 Not Reported World Geodetic Survey (WGS) 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Protected Areas of Bahrain, The Supreme Council for Environment, The Kingdom of Bahrain Not Reported English Government - Supreme Council for Environment 94 1028 Protected Areas of Antarctica Not Reported 1992 1992 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Previous Source: P. Dingwall, 1992. Not Reported English None 95 1223 State of Environment Assessment and follow up section Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KEPA) 2012 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 100000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KEPA) 96 1041 Protected areas of the Caribbean UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Technical reports for Puerto Rico No. 36 dated 1996, October 2002. UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) tech reports for Puerto Rico No. 36 dated 1996 (see doc link), October 2002. Not Reported English None 97 1057 Protected Areas of Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Government. If data are re-used, please acknowledge the Falkland Islands Government (data source) and the IMS-GIS data centre (data custodian) 1993 2016 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Agency response to UN List 1993 data request Not Reported English Falkland Islands Government. If data are re-used, please acknowledge the Falkland Islands Government (data source) and the IMS-GIS data centre (data custodian) 98 1061 Protected Areas of New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 2003 UN List Updates Not Reported English Department of Conservation (DOC), Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand 99 1110 Ile Pam Not Reported 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Personal communication. Simple formatting of the name Not Reported English None 100 1111 Marine Protected Areas in South East Asia Ass. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Centre for Nature Conservation (ARCBC), Univ. of Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), Asian Bureau for Conservation (ABC), Dept. of Environment and Nat. Resources - Philippines (DENR) 2002 2002 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Available at http://arcbc.defined.net/BIS ASEAN, UP-MSI, ABC, ARCBC, DENR (2002) Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia. Los Banos, Philippines., ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources,.142pp. Not Reported English Ass. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Centre for Nature Conservation (ARCBC),University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI),Asian Bureau for Conservation (ABC), Dep. of Environment and Nat. Resources - Philippines (DENR) 101 1113 Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Not Reported 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Available at http://www.wwf.fr/pdf/RepertoireAMP.pdf Mabile, S. and Piante, C. (2005) Global Directory of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. WWF-France, Paris, France. xii + 132pp. Not Reported English None 102 1115 Protected Areas of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong 1999 1999 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/eia_planning/sea/baseline.html Environmental Protection Department (1999) Environmental Baseline Report Annex B - Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Not Reported English Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong 103 1117 Protected Areas of Anguilla Joint Nature Conservation Committee 2007 2022 Not Reported World Geodetic System 1984 (EPSG:4326) Not Reported Boundary and attribute data prepared and finalised for submission in 2020 Contains information from Department of Natural Resources, Government of Anguilla These data should not be distributed or used for any commercial purposes without due consent from the Government of Anguilla, Department of Natural Resources. The Government of Anguilla wish to be alerted when the data are used for official purposes. English Department of Natural Resources, Government of Anguilla 104 1125 Protected Areas of Hong Kong Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department Country and Marine Parks Authority, Hong Kong 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported http://parks.afcd.gov.hk/newmarine/eng/Oparks_info/p2.htm Not Reported English Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department Country and Marine Parks Authority, Hong Kong 105 1127 Protected Areas of Hong Kong UNEP-WCMC 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Marine Parks Ordinance 1995. 37 (www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_export.nsf/CurAllEngDocAgent?OpenAgent&Chapter=476); Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department Country & Marine Parks Authority Management Plan (parks.afcd.gov.hk/newmarine/eng/Oparks_i Not Reported English None 106 1142 Phoenix Islands Protected Area Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Kiribati 2008 2017 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Original 2008 boundary from Phoenix Islands Protected Area Information Factsheet, Republic of Kiribati - Min. of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, CI and New England Aquarium. approx. date February 2008 from www.phoenixislands.org Not Reported English Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Kiribati 107 1146 Association pour le Sauvegarde de la Nature Caladonienne Association pour le Sauvegarde de la Nature Caladonienne, Noumea Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 108 1174 Krymskoye IUCN 1977 1977 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 109 1201 Protected areas of Saint Kitts and Nevis "Department of Environment " 1986 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Environment 110 1208 Protected Areas Montserrat Sarita Francis. Montserrat National Trust 1996 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported In litteris - in a letter or other documented correspondence Not Reported English Sarita Francis. Montserrat National Trust 111 1245 Indigenous areas Brazil BGE e Diretoria do Serviço Geográfico (DSG), Sistema de Terras Indígenas (STI) da Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) /DAF, Brazil 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Base cartográfica do IBGE e DSG, escalas 1:25.000; 1:50.000; 1:100.000; 1: 250.000; 1:1.000.000. Dados literais extraídos do STI (Sistema de Terras Indígenas) da FUNAI/DAF, 10/10/2005. Not Reported English BGE e Diretoria do Serviço Geográfico (DSG), Sistema de Terras Indígenas (STI) da Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) /DAF, Brazil 112 1246 Protected Areas Projet Conseiller Forestier (PCF), Guinea 2000 2000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Basic map supplied by Chris Duvall and attributes taken from Projet Conseiller Forestier (PCF) - Sur la Diffusion de la Législation Forestière Guinéenne (21-23 Nov 2000) Report, accessed 10/03/2005. Not Reported English None 113 1251 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (18th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 25-29 October 2004 Not Reported English None 114 1252 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (19th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 27-29 June 2005 Not Reported English None 115 1254 Mai Po Marshes (Inner Deep Bay) Not Reported 1998 1998 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported In litteris - in a letter or other documented correspondence Not Reported English None 116 1279 Belarus Protected Areas Map Not Reported 1996 1996 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 117 1345 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve UNESCO-MAB 2006 2006 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Updated using MAB website (updated 9th June 2006), accessed 9th June 2006. Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB 118 1347 Protected Areas of Iran Department of Environment (DOE), Bureau of Habitats and Protected Areas, Iran 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Bureau of habitats and protected areas as of 31/07/2002. UN List 2003 reply, May 2003 Not Reported English Department of Environment (DOE), Bureau of Habitats and Protected Areas, Iran 119 1349 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Dept of G & W 2007 2007 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported MAB website (updated 28th December 2006), and Environment News Service http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2006/2006-10-30-05.asp, both accessed 2nd January 2007. Not Reported English Dept of G & W 120 1352 Sri Lanka Sanctuaries Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) & Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC) 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Accessed 19/04/2005. Not Reported English Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) & Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC) 121 1356 Protected Areas of Belarus Department of Environment and Protection, Belarus 1996 1996 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Reply to UN List 1996 request, 16/7/96. Not Reported English Ministry of the Environmental Protection, Belarus 122 1359 Forest reserves Nigeria Federal Department of Forestry, Nigeria 1978 1978 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported NIRAD Vegetation and Land Use Maps (1978) ( Services Ltd) Not Reported English Federal Department of Forestry, Nigeria 123 1360 Other Protected Areas of Samoa Environment Planning for Tourism Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 1988 1988 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Environment Planning for Tourism. Protected Areas data taken from Firth, N. and Darby, C.. "Firth, N. and Darby, C. ""Environmental Planning for Tourism in Western Samoa"", Environment Planning for Tourism Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)" Not Reported English None 124 1371 Game Reserves in Nigeria Nigerian Conservation Foundation 1991 1991 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Mackinnon, 1986 and Nigerian Conservation Foundation, 1991. Not Reported English None 125 1377 Kuyambana National Parks Service, Nigeria 1993 1993 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Parks Service, Nigeria 126 1381 Protected Areas of St Helena Environment Planning & Development Section, St Helena 2005 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Official Agency (Environment Planning & Development Section, St Helena) reply to UN List 2003 Request, April 2003. Reviewed using existing source, June 2005. Not Reported English Environment Planning & Development Section, St Helena 127 1385 Conservation Areas in Nepal Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPCWC), Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Government focal point received via D. Joshi (IUCN Nepal). Official reply UN List 2003 request, June 2003. Not Reported English Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal 128 1393 Protected Areas Brunei Darussalam Forestry Department, Brunei Darussalam Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Forestry Dept. National Report, unknown date. Not Reported English Forestry Department, Brunei Darussalam 129 1405 Protected Areas Andorra Department of Environment, Andorra 1993 2017 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported From Department of Environment, Andorra Not Reported English Department of Environment, Andorra 130 1428 Nguna Pele Marine Reserve UNEP-WCMC 2007 2007 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Nguna-Pele Marine Protected Areas website, accessed 15th May 2007.; Previous Info: Director, Vanuatu Protected Areas Initiative, Wan Tok Environment Centre, Santo, Vanuatu supplied updated attributes for UN List 2003 update, July 2003. Not Reported English None 131 758 Source is currently unknown Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Various Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported None 132 1442 Uganda Wildlife Authority's protected areas Uganda Wildlife Authority - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 1993 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Uganda Wildlife Authority 133 1443 Chad Basin National Parks Service, Nigeria 2003 2003 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Reply to UN List 2003 request, July 2003. Previous Source: National Parks Service, 1993. Not Reported English Nigeria National Park Service 134 1450 Other Areas of Benin Not Reported 1993 1993 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 135 1454 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve UNESCO-MAB 2006 2006 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Accessed 01/06/2006. Previous Source: RAMSAR website, accessed 6th Aug 2003. Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB 136 1457 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve UNESCO-MAB Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB 137 1487 Huang Shan Not Reported 1988 1988 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 138 1496 Fort George Department of Environment, Heritage and Park, Ministry of Natural Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands 1992 1992 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported In litteris - in a letter or other documented correspondence Not Reported English Department of Environment, Heritage and Park, Ministry of Natural Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands 139 1513 Protected Areas of Saudi Arabia National Center for Wildlife (NCW), Saudi Arabia 2003 2025 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Center for Wildlife (NCW), Saudi Arabia 140 1516 Brunei Forest Resources and Strategic Planning Study Forest Department, Brunei 1988 1988 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Distribution and areas of forest types obtained from Brunei Forest Resources and Strategic Planning Study, prepared by Anderson and Marsden (1988), consultants to the Forest Department. Not Reported English Forest Department, Brunei 141 1629 Cape Shirreff, Livingston I., S. Shetland Is. Not Reported 1989 1989 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Antarctica Treaty Consultative Meeting XV Paris, 9-20 Oct 1989. Not Reported English None 142 1630 Soufriere Marine Management Association Website UNEP-WCMC 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Soufriere Marine Management Association Website, accessed 10/08/2004. Not Reported English None 143 1631 Hertenrits Natuurbeschermingscommissie - Nature Protection Commission, c/o Nature Conservation Div. of the Forest Service, Suriname Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Natuurbeschermingscommissie - Nature Protection Commission, c/o Nature Conservation Div. of the Forest Service, Suriname 144 1639 Protected Areas Not Reported 1976 1976 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported State Committee of Forestry of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Not Reported English None 145 1640 Protected areas of Haiti Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM) - Haiti 1986 2021 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministère de l'Environnement 146 1648 Baturiya Wetlands Not Reported 1991 1991 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Personal communication Not Reported English None 147 1649 Game reserves of Nigeria Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR), Nigeria 1986 1986 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR), Nigeria 148 1666 Tamba Not Reported 1991 1991 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 149 1675 Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) 2012 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Various Information based on List of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance, March 2012, and website http://www.rac-spa.org/spami Not Reported English None 150 1676 Forest Reserves of Malawi Department of Forestry, Malawi 1993 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Department of Forestry, Malawi 151 1679 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area "Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands " 2012 2019 UTF-8 South_Georgia_Lambert_Conformal_Conic Not Reported Information provided by Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands and from management plan, with polygon provided via the British Antarctic Survey Not Reported English "Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands " 152 1682 Haut Niger National Park - Kouya Core Area Bissau Guinea Transboundary Proposed Park (under Appui à la Gestion Intégrée des Ressources (Programme Régional) -AGIR- Project) 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Personal communication. David Brugiere, Principal Technical Advisor of Guinea - Bissau Guinea Transboundary Proposed Park (under AGIR Project), January 2004. Not Reported English None 153 1832 Natura 2000 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA 2014 2025 UTF-8 EPSG:3035 1:1000000 http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-7 Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites There are specific terms and conditions relating to the use of downloaded boundary data within the United Kingdom. If you intend to use the UK data you must first agree to the end user licence http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-5232. English European Environment Agency (EEA) 154 1686 Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the Pacific The WorldFish Center, ReefBase Project, Penang, Malaysia 2008 2008 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Dataset compiled by Govan et al 2009 in a SPREP/WWF/WorldFish ReefBase Project. Co-authors worked with communities & national country agencies to obtain data & approved by them for public release - publicly available on pacificgis.reefbase.org since 2009 World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), Govan et al. 2009, & ReefBase (2008) Marine Managed Areas (MMAs). http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000646_LMMA_report.pdf and http://reefgis.reefbase.org Not Reported English None 155 1687 Myanmar Protected Areas Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation 2011 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation 156 1700 LMMAs of the Western Indian Ocean Database Blue Ventures, London, UK 2012 2012 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Produced using Google Earth and exported to ArcGIS Blue Ventures Conservation (2012), LMMAs of the Western Indian Ocean Database. Toliara, Madagascar: Blue Ventures Conservation. 23 August 2012 Protected areas are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but specific locations for LMMAs less than 50km in size may vary from true values. English None 157 1706 Protected Areas of Israel Israeli Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) 2011 2024 ANSI GCS Israel Not Reported GIS shapefiles and attribute information provided Not Reported Not Reported English Israeli Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) 158 1707 Protected Areas of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey WWF Caucasus Office, 11 Alkesidze Street, 0193 Tbilise, Georgia 2011 2011 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English WWF Caucasus Office, 11 Alkesidze Street, 0193 Tbilise, Georgia 159 1708 Forest Reserves of Uganda National Forestry Authority - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2011 2021 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Status Year, Reported Area and Names were reviewed and ammended as necessary. Boundaries were not updated but restored from a previous version of the WDPA (2007). Not Reported Not Reported English National Forestry Authority, Plot 10/20, Spring Road, P.O. Box 70863, Kampala, Uganda 160 1921 ICCAs, Finland Snowchange Cooperative 2018 2021 UTF-8 ETRS_1989_ETRS-GK30FIN Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Snowchange Cooperative 161 1709 Protected Areas of Uruguay Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SNAP), Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente 2016 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Spatial data provided by SNAP in September 2016 Not Reported English Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SNAP), Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente 162 1714 Protected areas and community conservation areas in Kenya African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) 2012 2012 ANSI WGS 84 and GCS_Arc_1960 Not Reported Data for Samburu (Kenya), Kilimanajro (Kenya/Tanzania) and Maasai Mara (Kenya) regions derived from various sources (topographic maps, partners, GPS). Not Reported English None 163 1715 Community-owned conservancies in Kenya Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Kenya 2012 2012 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported These conservancies, under the umbrella of NRT, are autonomous institutions that represent a constituent/resident community over defined geog. area (community have legal/traditional land ownership) for purposes of wildlife cons. & rangeland management Not Reported English None 164 1738 Protected Areas of Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana 2013 2013 GCS GRS 1980 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana 165 1744 National Parks of Tanzania Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2013 2023 UTF-8 UTM Arc1960 Zone 36S Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) 166 1747 Forest Reserves of Tanzania Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) Agency - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2013 2021 UTF-8 UTM Arc1960 Zone 36S Not Reported Spatial data on 555556107, 31762 and 31764 originally from GIS Section, Land Use Commission, Division of Forestry and Beekeeping, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania Not Reported Not Reported English Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) Agency 167 1773 Protected Areas of New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand 2014 2018 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Conservation (DOC), Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand 168 1775 Privately protected areas of Kenya Zeitz Foundation, Kenya 2014 2014 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English None 169 1777 Protected Areas of Singapore National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, Singapore 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Reply to 2014 UN List Request Not Reported English National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, Singapore 170 1778 Protected Areas of Nepal Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPCWC), Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Reply to 2014 UN List Request and WDPA expert review in Asia Project Not Reported English and Nepalese Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPCWC), Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal 171 1779 Protected Areas and OECMs of Morocco Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (HCEFLCD) 2014 2024 Not Reported GCS_Merchich_Degree, Clarke_1880_IGN Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and French Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (HCEFLCD) 172 1780 Protected Areas of Georgia Agency of Protected Areas; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture 2014 2024 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Agency of Protected Areas; Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia 173 1797 Protected Areas of Bangladesh Bangladesh Forest Department 2014 2024 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Bengali Bangladesh Forest Department 174 1798 Protected Areas of The Gambia Department of Parks and Wildlife Management and National Environment Agency, Banjul, The Gambia 2014 2025 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Parks and Wildlife Management, The Gambia 175 1800 Protected Areas of Bhutan Nature Conservation Division, Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Govt of Bhutan 2014 2024 Not Reported GCS_DRUKREF_03 Not Reported Not Reported DoFPS 2020. Protected Areas of Bhutan, Department of Forests and Park Services, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu. Not Reported English Nature Conservation Division 176 1833 Protected Areas of Jordan The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan 2014 2024 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan 177 1801 Protected Areas of the Comoros Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2022 Not Reported UTM/WGS1984/ZONE 38°S Not Reported Les données cartographiées prises sur la base de données géographique du département sig du ministère de la production, mise à jour des données à partir des relevés gps de terrain Direction de l'environement et des forets et Autorite Compentente pour les Comores, 2014 Not Reported English Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment 178 1802 Protected Areas of Brazil Departamento de Áreas Protegidas, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Ministério do Meio Ambiente 2014 2024 UTF-8 GCS_SIRGAS_2000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Portuguese Ministério do Meio Ambiente 179 1803 Protected Areas of Mongolia Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia 2014 2020 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia Not Reported English Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia 180 1804 Protected Areas of Australia Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2014 2024 Not Reported Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 181 1805 Protected Areas of United Arab Emirates Director, Biodiversity Department, Environment Affair and Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment 2014 2024 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Director, Biodiversity Department, Environment Affair and Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment 182 1806 Protected Areas of Sierra Leone Ministry of the Environment 2014 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of the Environment 183 1807 Protected Areas of Antigua and Barbuda Chief Environment Officer, The Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, Government of Antigua and Barbuda 2014 2024 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Chief Environment Officer, The Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, Government of Antigua and Barbuda 184 1953 Marine Protected Area of Malaysia Reef Guardian Sdn. Bhd. 2020 2020 Not Reported GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Sabah Wildlife Department 185 1808 Protected Areas System of Chile Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Division de Recursos Naturales, Renovables y Biodiversidad 2016 2024 ANSI WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_19S Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Division de Recursos Naturales, Renovables y Biodiversidad 186 1809 Protected Areas of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment 2014 2014 ANSI WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_20N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment 187 1811 Protected Areas of Peru Operativa Funcional de Gestion de la Informacion del SERNANP; Responsable de la Gestión del Información Espacial del SERNANP 2016 2025 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Operativa Funcional de Gestion de la Informacion del SERNANP; Responsable de la Gestión del Información Espacial del SERNANP 188 1812 Protected Areas of Tajikistan National Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety 2014 2014 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety 189 1813 Protected Areas of Algeria Algeria NPF and PoWPA FP 2014 2020 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and French Algeria NPF and PoWPA FP 190 1814 Protected Areas of Egypt Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Ministry of Environment 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Ministry of Environment 191 1815 Protected Areas of Kyrgyzstan Department of International Cooperation. State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of International Cooperation. State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 192 1816 Protected Areas of Lebanon Department of Ecosystems, Ministry of Environment 2014 2025 Not Reported WGS 1984 UTM Zone 36N; Deir ez Zor Levant Zone; Deir ez Zor Levant Stereographic; no spatial reference Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Ecosystems, Ministry of Environment 193 1818 Protected Areas of Niger Niger NPF and PoWPA FP 2014 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable (MESU/DD), Niger 194 1819 Protected Areas of Mauritius National Parks and Conservation Service, Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security 2014 2024 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Parks and Conservation Service, Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security 195 1820 Protected Areas of Sudan Sudan NPF and PoWPA FP 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Sudan NPF and PoWPA FP 196 1821 Protected Areas of Namibia Directorate of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Ministry of Environment and Tourism 2014 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Directorate of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Ministry of Environment and Tourism 197 1822 Protected Areas of Angola Ministério do Ambiente - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2023 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Portuguese Ministério do Ambiente 198 1824 Protected Areas of Togo Direction des ressources forestieres 2014 2018 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and French Direction des ressources forestieres 199 1825 Protected Areas of Azerbaijan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; Azerbaijan NFP and PoWPA FP 2014 2019 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; Azerbaijan NFP and PoWPA FP 200 1826 Protected Areas of Cote d'Ivoire Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Reserves 2014 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and French Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Reserves 201 1828 Protected Areas of Mozambique National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2021 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) 202 1829 Protected Areas of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority 203 1834 Natural Park of the Coral Sea, New Caledonia Direction des affaires maritimes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 2014 2014 Not Reported RGNC_1991_93_Lambert_New_Caledonia Not Reported Not Reported http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/db_gis/index_en.htm#sites English and French Direction des affaires maritimes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 204 1835 Protected Areas of Djibouti Direction de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement/ Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement 2014 2014 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Polygons created from latitudes & longitudes from documents submitted by the Ministry of the Environment Not Reported French Direction de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement/ Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement 205 1836 Protected Areas and OECMs of Eswatini Eswatini National Trust Commission - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2024 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Swaziland National Trust Commission 206 1838 Protected Areas of Armenia Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia 2014 2022 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Attribute data provided by Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia, 2014. Spatial data from metadata IDs 1707 and 1711 (WWF Caucasus office, Georgia), 2011/2012 Not Reported English Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia 207 1839 Common Database on Designated Areas as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) European Environment Agency (EEA) 2014 2022 ANSI EPSG:3035 converted to WGS 84 Various Submitted by National Reference Centres to the European Environment Agency's ReportNet then collated by the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity and formatted for the WDPA including only records with dissemination code '01'. The Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/nationally-designated-areas-national-cdda-12#tab-metadata Unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged. Copyright holder: EEA, Estonian Environmental Register 01.01.2017, ©Finnish Environment Instit Multiple European Environment Agency (EEA) 208 1918 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves (Croatia) Hrvatska agencija za okoliš i prirodu 2017 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Spatial data from relevant government department Not Reported Not Reported English Hrvatska agencija za okoliš i prirodu 209 1840 South Africa Protected Areas Database (SAPAD) and South Africa Conservation Area Database (SACAD) Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2014 2025 US-ASCII GCS_WGS_1984 1/5000 Was Department of Environmental Affairs until 2019. We recieve quarterly updates in line with the updates to SAPAD. Not Reported English Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries 210 1841 Protected Areas and OECMS of the Philippines Biodiersity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources 2014 2021 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported "Data first provided as an output of WDPA expert review in Asia project " Not Reported Not Reported English Biodiersity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources 211 1844 Protected Areas of Belize National Biodiversity Office 2014 2024 ANSI NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_16N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Biodiversity Office 212 1845 Protected Areas of Ascension Island Conservation Office, Ascension Island Government 2014 2021 Not Reported WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_28S Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Conservation Office, Ascension Island Government 213 1846 Privately protected areas of the UK Putting Nature on the Map, IUCN 2014 2017 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English IUCN WCPA UK Assessment Panel 214 1847 Protected Areas of South Sudan South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS); Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) South Sudan Program 2014 2014 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Various historical conservation documents (inc. GoS. 1982. Wildlife Information Booklet, MWCT, Dept’ of Wildlife Management, Southern Region). Adjustments and expansions based on ecological and socioeconomic research conducted by WCS/SSWS, 2007 - 2014. SSWS and WCS (2014) Protected Areas of South Sudan (version 2). Protected area boundaries and designations are indicative and may be subject to adjustment and revision based on gap assessment and ground truthing processes. Changes might include adjusted boundaries, new PAs and extensions. English South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS); Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) South Sudan Program 215 1848 Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS 2.1) U.S. Geological Survey | Science Analytics and Synthesis | Gap Analysis Project (GAP) | Protected Areas Database of the United States 2.1 2014 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English U.S. Geological Survey | Science Analytics and Synthesis | Gap Analysis Project (GAP) | Protected Areas Database of the United States 2.1 216 1849 L’Agence des aires marines protégées L’Agence des aires marines protégées 2014 2014 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French None 217 1850 Base de Datos Geográfica de Áreas Naturales Protegidas Federales, Sitios Ramsar, UNESCO-MAB, Patrimonio Mundial de México Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP) 2014 2024 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas(CONANP) 218 1851 Protected Areas of Iraq Ministry of Environment of Iraq 2014 2020 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported No database for storing the currently available information on PAs in Iraq exists. We provide a shp in ESRI format with information concerning: the name, coordinates, brief description, status, type of designation, reported area Not Reported English and Arabic Ministry of Health and Environment of Iraq, Department of International Environmental Relations 219 1852 Areas Protegidas Provinciales, Reservas de Biosfera MaB-UNESCO, Sitios RAMSAR and Bienes de Patrimonio Mundial Natural y Cultural de Argentina Grupo de Trabajo sobre Áreas Protegidas Subsecretaría de Planificación y Política Ambiental Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable 2018 2018 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Grupo de Trabajo sobre Áreas Protegidas Subsecretaría de Planificación y Política Ambiental Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable 220 1853 Protected areas of Indonesia Ministry of Forestry(MoF) Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries (MMAF) 2014 2018 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Data provided as an output of WDPA expert review in Asia project. For MPAs Indonesian MPA database was used for cross checking of the data provided. (http://kkji.kp3k.kkp.go.id/index.php/en/marine-protected-area-data) Not Reported English Ministry of Forestry(MoF) Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries (MMAF) 221 1854 Protected areas in Sri Lanka Forest Department of Sri Lanka 2015 2015 Not Reported GCS_Kandawala Not Reported Data provided as an output of WDPA expert review in Asia project. Not Reported English Forest Department of Sri Lanka 222 1856 Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties 2015 2023 ANSI WGS 84 Various Contracting Parties create the original shapefiles used for the official maps and send these to Ramsar Secretariat. Sites are retrieved from: https://rsis.ramsar.org/ Ramsar Convention and Wetlands International (2016), Ramsar Sites Information Service [On-line] Not Reported Multiple Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties 223 1857 Protected Areas of the Maldives """Ministry of Environment and Energy, Environment Protection Agency""" 2014 2024 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English "Ministry of Environment and Energy Environment Protection Agency" 224 1858 Protected Area for Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises Direction de la Conservation du Patrimoine Naturel, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises 2015 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported http://www.reserves-naturelles.org/terres-australes-francaises Not Reported French Direction de la Conservation du Patrimoine Naturel, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises 225 1859 Protected Areas of the Bahamas Bahamas National Trust 2014 2020 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Government of the Bahamas, Bahamas National Trust 226 1860 Protected Areas of Bolivia; Sistema de Información Geográfica del Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP), Bolivia 2014 2015 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Ministerio De Medio Ambiente Y Agua 227 1861 National PA Registry of Colombia-RUNAP Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia 2014 2025 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Parques Nationales Naturales de Colombia 228 1862 Protected Areas of Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) 2015 2015 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Point data previously from metadata IDs 758 and 984 Not Reported English Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) 229 1864 Protected Areas of Czech Republic Not Reported 2015 2015 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Not Reported 230 1865 Protected Areas of Fiji National Trust of Fiji 2015 2015 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Trust of Fiji 231 1866 National System of Protected Areas, Ecuador Dirección de Áreas Protegidas y Otras Formas de Conservación, Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica 2014 2025 Not Reported WGS 84 250000 Not Reported Not Reported Spanish Dirección de Áreas Protegidas y Otras Formas de Conservación, Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica 232 1867 Insular Caribbean Protected Area Database The Nature Conservancy and Collaborating Governments Not Reported 2015 Not Reported WGS 84 Various Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish None 233 1873 Lapa Rios Reserve, Costa Rica The Long Run 2015 2015 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English World Commission on Protected Areas 234 1874 Vietnam protected areas Department of Nature Conservation Vietnam Administration of Forestry 2015 2015 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Vietnamese Department of Nature Conservation Vietnam Administration of Forestry 235 1875 Protected Areas of Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Institute for the Protection of cultural, Historical and Natural Heritag Ministry of Education and Culture 2015 2015 UTF-8 GCS_Bessel_1841 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Serbian Institute for the Protection of cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage Ministry of Education and Culture 236 1877 Protected areas in Taiwan School of Forestry & Resource Conservation, NTU 2015 2015 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Chinese School of Forestry & Resource Conservation, NTU 237 1887 Protected Areas of Guernsey States of Guernsey Environment Department & Alderney Wildlife Trust 2015 2016 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Guernsey Ramsar Consultant 238 1888 Protected Areas of Kiribati Environment and Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development 2016 2016 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Environment and Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment, Lands adn Agricultural Development 239 1889 Protected Areas of the Isle of Man Isle of Man Government 2016 2023 UTF-8 BNG Not Reported The Protected Areas of the Isle of Man dataset is made up of a series of individual protected area shapefiles. New shapefiles are created as and when new protected sites are designated and therefore the dataset will continue to change as the Isle of Man Not Reported Not Reported English Isle of Man Government 240 1891 Protected Areas of Palau Palau National Marine Sanctuary Office via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2016 2019 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Palau National Marine Sanctuary Office 241 1892 Protected Areas of Korea Ministry of Environment, Korea National Park Service and Korea Protected Areas Forum on behalf of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Cultural Heritage Administration, Korea Forest Service & MAB National Committee of the Republic of Korea 2010 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Korean Ministry of Environment, National Institute of Cultural Heritage, Korea Forest Research Institute, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, KNPS 242 1896 Protected Areas of Pitcairn JNCC 2016 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Government of Pitcairn Islands 243 1897 Protected Areas of Tunisia Ministère de l’Agriculture des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche Various 2016 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de l’Agriculture des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche 244 1899 Protected Areas of the Dutch Caribbean Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance 2004 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance 245 1900 Cartagena Convention UNEP-CEP 2017 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English SPAW-RAC 246 1901 Protected Areas of the State of Palestine "Environmental Resources Directorate-Environment Quality Authority Environment Quality Authority" 2017 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Environmental Resources Directorate-Environment Quality Authority 247 1902 Außengrenzen der Ramsargebiete in Niederösterreich Niederösterreich government 2017 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported http://www.noe.gv.at/Land-Zukunft/Open-Government-Data/Bestandsliste/Ramsargebiete.html Außengrenzen der Ramsargebiete in Niederösterreich Not Reported German Niederösterreich government 248 1903 Naturschutz - RAMSAR-Gebiet Land Oberösterreich 2017 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/124104.htm Naturschutz - RAMSAR-Gebiet Not Reported German Land Oberösterreich 249 1904 Site Ramsar (France) Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel 2017 2017 UTF-8 ETRS-89 Not Reported https://inpn.mnhn.fr/telechargement/cartes-et-information-geographique/ep/ramsar Site Ramsar (France) Not Reported French Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel 250 1905 Zonas Húmidas RAMSAR (Portugal) Informação Geográfica Portugal 2017 2017 UTF-8 ETRS-89 Not Reported http://www.igeo.pt/DadosAbertos/Listagem.aspx Zonas Húmidas RAMSAR (Portugal) Not Reported Portuguese Informação Geográfica Portugal 251 1906 Skyddade områden, RAMSAR Naturvårdsverket 2017 2017 UTF-8 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Naturvårdsverket Not Reported Swedish Naturvårdsverket 252 1907 Protected Areas of the British Virgin Islands National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands 1980 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands 253 1909 Chumbe Island Coral Park (CHICOP) Chumbe Island Coral Park (CHICOP) 2017 2022 "UTF-8 " WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported "English " "Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) Agency " 254 1914 Comunidade do Monte Veciñal en Man Común de Froxán Secretary of the Comunidade do Monte Veciñal en Man Común de Froxán 2017 2017 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Galician Iniciativa Comunales 255 1915 Comunidade de Montes Veciñais en Man Común de Santiago de Covelo Comunidade de Montes Veciñais en Man Común de Santiago de Covelo 2017 2017 UTF-8 ETRS89_UTM_zone_29N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Galician Iniciativa Comunales 256 1916 Protected Areas of Lesotho Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, Department of Environment - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2017 2025 UTF-8 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, Department of Environment 257 1917 Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area (Malawi section), and National Parks and Wildlife Reserves of Malawi Department of National Parks and Wildlife - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2018 2018 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Spatial data from Department of Surveys Not Reported Not Reported English Department of National Parks and Wildlife 258 1925 Protected Areas of Somalia Somali Widlife and natural history society (SWNHS) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2018 2018 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Somali Widlife and natural history society (SWNHS) 259 1926 Protected Areas of Paraguay Secretaria del Ambiente, Paraguay 2018 2024 UTF-9 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Spanish Secretaria del Ambiente, Paraguay 260 1927 Protected Areas of Honduras Departamento de Áreas Protegidas / Instituto de Conservación Forestal 2018 2020 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Spanish Departamento de Áreas Protegidas / Instituto de Conservación Forestal 261 1928 Protected Areas of Indonesia Director of Nature Conservation Planning and Information, MoEF 2018 2018 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Director of Nature Conservation Planning and Information, MoEF 262 1930 Protected Areas of Ethiopia Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2018 2021 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority 263 1932 Protected Areas of Solomon Islands Environmental and Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2019 2022 UTF-8 Not Reported Not Reported Spatial data originally sourced from The WorldFish Center and University of Queensland Not Reported Not Reported English Environmental and Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology 264 1933 Wilderness Area Sulzbachtäler Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism 2019 2019 UTF-8 MGI_Austria_GK_M31 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and German Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism 265 1934 Mara North Conservancy Mara North Conservancy 2019 2019 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Mara North Conservancy 266 1941 Dublin Bay UNESCO-MAB Dublin City Council 2019 2019 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Dublin City Council 267 1942 Protected Areas of Tonga Department of Environment, MEIDECC via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2019 2019 UTF-8 Tonga Geodetic Datum 2005 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Environment, MEIDECC 268 1943 ICCAs of the Philippines Philippine Association for Intercultural Development, Inc. (PAFID) 2019 2019 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Data not for use by or on behalf of a commercial entity English Philippine ICCA Consortium (BUKLURAN) 269 1946 Protected areas of Niue Niue Department of Environment via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2019 2019 UTF-8 WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_2S Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Niue Department of Environment 270 1940 Protected areas of Timor-Leste Directorate General of Forestry, Coffee, and Industrial Plants, Government of Timor-Leste and Conservation International Timor-Leste 2019 2019 UTF-8 WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_51S Not reported Not reported Not reported The boundaries of some protected areas are not yet formally defined by the Ministry of Justice. Boundaries should therefore be considered indicative. English Directorate General of Forestry, Coffee, and Industrial Plants, Government of Timor-Leste 271 1947 Protected areas of Tuvalu Department of Environment, Tuvalu via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2019 2019 UTF-8 WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_60S; GCS_WGS_1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Environment, Tuvalu 272 1935 Áreas Protegidas Nacionales de Argentina administradas por la Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) 2019 2022 ANSI WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Administración de Parques Nacionales (APN) 273 1952 Caucasus Wildlife Refuge, Armenia Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets 2019 2019 UTF-8 EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English World Commission on Protected Areas 274 1945 Protected areas of New Caledonia (Southern Province) Direction du service de l'Etat de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de l'Environnement 2019 2019 UTF-8 GCS_RGNC91-93 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Direction du service de l'Etat de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de l'Environnement 275 1951 Protected areas of Papua New Guinea Conservation and Environment Protection Authority 2019 2019 UTF-8 Albers Equal Area; WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Conservation and Environment Protection Authority 276 1956 Protected areas of Burundi Office Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement’ via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Office Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement’ 277 1961 Protected areas of Central African Republic Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2024 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 278 1957 Protected areas of Cameroon Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2021 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon 279 1958 Protected areas of Congo Agence Congolaise de la Faune et des Aires Protégées (ACFAP) via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2025 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Agence Congolaise de la Faune et des Aires Protégées (ACFAP) 280 1959 Protected areas of Gabon Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2025 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux 281 1960 Protected areas of Equatorial Guinea El Ministro de Estado Encargado de Bosques, Pesca y Medio Ambiente and Conservación y Utilización Racional de los Ecosistemas Forestales de Guinea Ecuatorial (CUREF) via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English El Ministro de Estado Encargado de Bosques, Pesca y Medio Ambiente and Conservación y Utilización Racional de los Ecosistemas Forestales de Guinea Ecuatorial (CUREF) 282 1966 Protected Areas of Guinea Office Guinéen des Parcs et Réserves (OGPR) via the Observatory for Biodiversity and Protected Areas in West Africa (OBAPAO) 2020 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Office Guinéen des Parcs et Réserves (OGPR) 283 1963 Protected areas of Rwanda Ministry of Environment and Lands, Rwanda via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Ministry of Environment and Lands, Rwanda 284 1964 Protected areas of Sao Tome and Principe Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 285 1965 Protected areas of Chad Direction des Parcs Nationaux et Reserves de Faune via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2024 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Direction des Parcs Nationaux et Reserves de Faune 286 1962 Protected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo ICCN via Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2020 2024 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English ICCN 287 1955 Protected areas of Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2020 2020 Not Reported GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa 288 1983 "Protected areas of the Commonwealth of Dominica " "The Nature Conservancy - Insular Caribbean Protected Area Database " 2015 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Data originallty from TNC's Caribnode data - Verified at BIOPAMA Workshop 2019 Protected areas of The Commonwealth of Dominica 1975 "Information is available for onward release but not for use by or on behalf of a commercial entity. " English "Fisheries Division & Forestry Wildlife and Parks Division " 289 1970 Protected Areas of Algeria Algérie Direction Générale des Forêts 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Algérie Direction Générale des Forêts 290 1972 Protected Areas of Ghana The Forestry Commission of Ghana 2020 2020 UTF-8 WGS 1984 UTM Zone 30N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English The Forestry Commission of Ghana 291 1973 Protected Areas of Togo Ministère de l'environnement, du développement durable et de la protection de la nature 2020 2025 UTF-8 WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Ministère de l'environnement, du développement durable et de la protection de la nature 292 1974 Protected Areas of Uzbekistan Protected Areas Department 2020 2023 windows-1251, Unicode for character encoding: UTF-8. Projection coordinate systems Pulkovo 1942 GK Zone 12N. The projection coordinate system uses mathematical transformations to coordinate latitude and longitude into a two-dimensional linear system. 10 000 , 25 000 , 100 000 , 200 000 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environment Protection 293 1944 QEII National Trust Protected Open Spaces of New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II National Trust (Ngā Kairauhi Papa), Wellington, New Zealand 2020 2020 UTF-16 New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Conservation (DOC), Te Papa Atawhai, Wellington, New Zealand 294 1976 Protected Areas of Cambodia Department of Geospatial Information Services (DGIS), Ministry of Environment (MOE), Cambodia 2010 2023 Not Reported WGS1984 Not Reported "Dataset under management of Ministry of Environment " Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Environment (MOE), Department of Geospatial Information Services (DGIS), Cambodia 295 1977 Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku 2020 2020 UTF-8 WGS1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Information is not for use by or on behalf of a commercial entity. Spanish Pueblo Shuar Arutam 296 1980 ICCAs in Bénin AMAF-BENIN 2020 2020 Not Reported WGS1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French ICCA Consortium; Town Hall representative 297 1969 Protected areas of Qatar Ministry of Municipality and Environment of Qatar 2020 2020 UTF-8 QND 1995 Qatar National Grid Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic Ministry of Municipality and Environment of Qatar 298 1979 Protected Areas of Grenada Grenada Fisheries Division, Government of Grenada 2020 2020 Not Reported WGS1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Grenada Fisheries Division, Government of Grenada 299 1986 Protected Areas of Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2020 2024 UTF-8 WGS 1984 UTM Zone 4S Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English National Environment Service (NES) 300 1989 Cultural Sites of Algeria Ministère de la Culture et des Arts, Direction Nationale du Projet des Parcs Culturels 2020 2020 UTF-8 WGS1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de la Culture et des Arts, Direction Nationale du Projet des Parcs Culturels 301 1995 UK UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Joint Nature Conservation Committee 2020 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 302 1997 Protected areas of Kazakhstan Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2020 2020 English and Russian/Kazakh Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Russian/Kazakh Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan 303 1982 Protected Areas of LAO PDR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) 2020 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Division of Protected Area Management 304 1990 Protected areas of Libya Environment General Authority, Libya 2020 2020 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Point data originally provided by Nature Conservation Dept, Environment General Authority Not Reported Not Reported English Environment General Authority, Libya 305 1984 Protected Areas of Mali Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Assainissement et du Développement Durable, Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts 2020 2020 Not Reported WGS1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Assainissement et du Développement Durable, Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts 306 1998 Protected Areas of Malaysia Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA) 2020 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Biodiversity Management Division of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources 307 1991 Moana Mahu Marine Protected Area, Niue Ministry of Natural Resource via Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) 2020 2020 UTF-8 GCS_GRS 1980(IUGG, 1980) Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Niuean and English Ministry of Natural Resource 308 1992 Gishwati-Mukura Protected Area Rwanda Development Board 2020 2020 Not Reported WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Rwanda Development Board 309 1987 Marine Protected Areas of Thailand Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) 2020 2025 Not Reported WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_47N Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Fisheries; Department of Marine and Coastal Resources; Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ; Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning 310 1985 Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve 2020 2020 UTF-8 EPSG4326 WGS-84 Not Reported Not Reported Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve Not Reported English, Ukrainian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine (Міністерство захисту довкілля та природних ресурсів України) 311 1981 Protected areas of Venezuela Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (MINEC); Instituto Nacional de Parques (INPARQUES), Venezuela 2020 2020 Not Reported Proyección Cónica Conforme de Lambert, Datum Sirgas – Regven , Elipsoide GRS 80. Dependiendo de las dimensiones del área, se utilizaron distintas escalas de captura, siendo las más frecuentes 1;250.000, 1;100.000; 1:25.000 y en casos muy particulares a 1:5.000 Oficio N° 062 de fecha 4/6/2020 enviado por la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, mediante el Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo - Dirección General de Políticas de Gestión y Conservación de Ecosistema, miembro del Grupo de la REDP Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo. (2020, 29 de julio). Base de Datos de las Áreas Bajo Régimen de Administración Especial (ABRAE). Coordinación: Lic. en Geóg. MSc. Abigail Castillo C. e Ing. For. Luby Echeverria. Despacho del Vicem Not Reported Español Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (MINEC); Instituto Nacional de Parques (INPARQUES), Venezuela 312 626 World Heritage Nomination of Valley of Flowers National Park Ministry of Environment and Forests, India 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Polygons boundaries digitized for Nanda Devi NP, Valley of Flowers NP and Nanda Devi MAB from Valley of Flowers NP WHS Nomination Pack. Boundaries for NP's, MAB and WHS (inscribed in July 2005) digitized from maps within nomination report. Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Environment and Forests, India 313 1688 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC 2012 2020 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Point locations generated from latitudes & longitudes provided by UNESCO, along with attribute information. Areas taken from the Directory of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves online. Not Reported Not Reported English UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC 314 626 World Heritage Nomination of Valley of Flowers National Park Ministry of Environment and Forests, India 2004 2004 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Polygons boundaries digitized for Nanda Devi NP, Valley of Flowers NP and Nanda Devi MAB from Valley of Flowers NP WHS Nomination Pack. Boundaries for NP's, MAB and WHS (inscribed in July 2005) digitized from maps within nomination report. Not Reported English Ministry of Environment and Forests, India 315 758 Source is currently unknown Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Various Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported None 316 1999 Protected Areas of the Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation 2020 2021 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Collected in cooperation with CBD Secretariat, IUCN ECARO and WWF Russia. Not Reported Not Reported Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation 317 1988 Protected Areas of Burkina Faso Ministère de l’environnement de l’économie verte et du changement climatique 2020 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 UTM Zone 30 Nord Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de l’environnement de l’économie verte et du changement climatique 318 2000 The SW/Niger Delta Forest Project protected areas The SW/Niger Delta Forest Project 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment 319 2001 ICCAs in Brazil TICCA Brazil Network 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Portguese Representative of the TICCA Brazil Network and State Coordinator of Unified Black Movement - MNU of Corumbá MS 320 1948 Parcs Réservés et Aires Marines Protégées du Sénégal Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable 2021 2025 Not Reported WGS 1984 UTM Zone 28N; GCS_WGS_1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable 321 2002 Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria Africa Nature Investors Foundation 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Nigeria National Park Service 322 2003 Tristan da Cunha Marine Protection Zone Tristan da Cunha Government 2021 2021 UTF-8 World Geodetic System 1984 (EPSG:4326) Not Reported Boundary and attribute data prepared and finalised for submission in 2020. The outer boundary comprises the UKHO's EEZ limit (obtained in July 2020) and inner boundaries comprise the limits of inshore and seamount fishing zones. Not Reported Contains data from the UK Hydrographic Office English Tristan da Cunha Government 323 2004 Emerald Network Council of Europe 2021 2024 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Marc Rockaerts 324 729 Designated and proposed protected areas of Madagascar WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office, Madagascar 2007 2018 Not Reported Laborde - Madagascar Not Reported National protected areas including proposed parks from WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office. Projection for Madagascar is Laborde Projection (an Oblique Mercator projection) - projection parameters imported and then reprojected to WGS84. Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office, Madagascar 325 2005 Protected areas of Oman Environment Authority, Planning & Studies Department, Sultinate of Oman 2021 2024 Not Reported WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic Environment Authority, Planning & Studies Department, Sultinate of Oman 326 2010 Al Ansab Wetland Oman Water and Wastewater Services Company 2021 2021 Not Reported WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic Environment Authority, Planning & Studies Department, Sultinate of Oman 327 2012 ICCAs of Colombia Centro de Estudios Médicos Interculturales (CEMI) 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Red Ticca Colombia - Territories of life 328 2011 Protected Areas of Eritrea Ministry of Land, Water and Environment - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 1984 Not Reported BIOPAMA Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Land, Water and Environment 329 1782 National Park of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2013 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 330 1783 Quasi National Park of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2011 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 331 1784 Prefectural Natural Park of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2010 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 332 1785 Wilderness Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2011 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 333 1786 Nature Conservation Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2011 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 334 1787 Prefectural Nature Conservation Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2011 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 335 1788 National Wildlife Protection Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2012 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 336 1789 Prefectural Wildlife Protection Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 200000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2013 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 337 1790 Natural Habitat Conservation Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 50000 Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2010 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 338 1792 UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2014 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, 2006 Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 339 1881 Forest Ecosystem Reserve of Japan Forestry Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 340 1882 Green Corridor of Japan Forestry Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 341 1883 Protected Water Surface of Japan Fishery Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 342 1884 Coastline Marine Resource Development Area of Japan Fishery Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 343 1885 Common fishery right area of Japan Fishery Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 344 1886 Area designated by prefecture of Japan Fishery Agency, Government of Japan 2016 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 345 2007 Rare Population Protected Forest of Japan Forestry Agency, Government of Japan 2021 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported "For conservation purposes, if the protected area name contains ""species name"", it is masked with ""XXX""" English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 346 2008 Biocenosis Protected Forest of Japan Forestry Agency, Government of Japan 2021 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 347 2009 Offshore Seabed Nature Conservation Area of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2021 2025 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 348 2019 Espoir Pour Tous ONG, ICCAs Espoir Pour Tous ONG, ICCAs 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French Mayor of the Municipality of Djidja and Mayor of the Municipality of Aplahoué 349 2016 PJUD BENIN, ICCAs PJUD BENIN 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French Mayor of the Municipality Bembéréké 350 2021 VIVIA MIEL ONG, ICCAs VIVIA MIEL ONG 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French Mayor of the Municipality of Bassila 351 2020 ERAD-ONG, ICCAs ERAD-ONG 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French Mayors of the Municipalities of Djougou and Tanguiéta 352 2017 Benin Environment and Education Society (BEES NGO), ICCAs Benin Environment and Education Society (BEES NGO) 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French The Municipality of Kétou 353 2014 OECMs Colombia Ministry of Environment 2021 2025 Not Reported Colombia National Origin CTM12 Projected Coordinate System Not Reported Not Reported OMECs de Colombia Not Reported Spanish Ministry of Environment 354 2024 Wampis Territory "Gobierno Territorial Autónomo Nación Wampis (GTANW)" 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not for use by a commercial entity Spanish Chief of the Comunidad Nativa Matses; Pueblo Shuar Arutum; Presidente de Aidesep; Feceracion de pueblos Indigenas Kechwas de la region San Martin; Nacion Arakbut 355 2023 Forest Reserves and Forest Management Areas of Jamaica Forestry Department 2021 2021 Not Reported GCS_JAD_2001 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Forestry Department 356 2106 Natural Coastal Protected Zone of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2023 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 357 2107 Suburban Special Green Conservation Areas of Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 2023 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 358 2013 European inventory of Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA) as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) European Environment Agency (EEA) 2014 2024 ANSI EPSG:3035 converted to WGS 84 Various Submitted by National Reference Centres to the European Environment Agency's ReportNet then collated by the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity and formatted for the WDPA including only records with dissemination code '01'. Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA): https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/datahub/datahubitem-view/f60cec02-6494-4d08-b12d-17a37012cb28#tab-metadata Unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged. Copyright holder: EEA, Estonian Environmental Register 01.01.2017, ©Finnish Environment Instit Multiple European Environment Agency (EEA) 359 2026 Pueblo Shuar Arutam Pueblo Shuar Arutam 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not for commercial use Spanish Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku 360 2018 ONG Education Service International (ESI), ICCAs ONG Education Service International (ESI) 2021 2021 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported French Mayor of the municipality of Lokossa, Mayor of the Municipality Dogbo and Mayor of the Municipality of Djakotomey 361 2027 Sacred sites of the Boé Chimbo Foundation 2022 2022 UTF-8 WGS-84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported English and French Chimbo Foundation 362 2025 Village Land Forest Reserves Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG) - faciliated by the Regional Centre For Mapping Of Resources For Development (RCMRD) 2022 2022 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism 363 2030 Integración de la Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde, Costa Rica a WDPA. Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde, Costa Rica. 2022 2022 Not Reported CRTM05 150000 Not Reported Integración de la Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde, Costa Rica a WDPA. Not Reported Spanish Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion (SINAC), Costa Rica 364 2029 ABC RCEB Amis des Bonobos du Congo (ABC) 2022 2022 Not Reported WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Equateur Province ICCN 365 2031 Serranía el Pinche Asociación Agroambiental Santa Clara Serranía el Pinche 2022 2022 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported ICCA Registry Not Reported Not Reported Spanish Members of the Red Ticca Colombia peer review network 366 2033 OECMs of Peru Ministerio del Ambiente. Dirección de Conservación de Ecosistemas y Especies 2022 2025 Not Reported WGS 85 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Spanish Ministerio del Ambiente. Dirección de Conservación de Ecosistemas y Especies 367 2032 King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve (KSRNR) King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Royal Reserve Development Authority (KSRNR) 2022 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic National Center for Wildlife 368 2034 Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve (IARR) and King Khalid Royal Reserve borders (KKRR) Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Royal Reserve Development Authority 2022 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic National Center for Wildlife 369 2035 King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority 2022 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic National Center for Wildlife 370 532 Official protected areas of Cuba National System of Protected Areas (SNAP), Cuba 2015 2022 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Supplied by the National Centre for Protected Areas of Cuba Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported National System of Protected Areas (SNAP), Cuba 371 2039 Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve (ITBARNR) Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve Development Authority (ITBARNR) 2023 2023 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Arabic National Center for Wildlife 372 2038 Marine Protected Areas of Bangladesh Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock 2023 2023 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Fisheries 373 1868 Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database Environment and Climate Change Canada 2014 2024 ANSI Lambert Conformal Conic, GCS North American 1983 Various Individually created jurisdictional submissions merged Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, 2020. Environment and Climate Change Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/protected-conserved-areas-database.html Not Reported English, French and Inuktitut Environment and Climate Change Canada 374 2041 Benin ICCAs ADJE ASSOGBA Bio Pierre 2023 2024 UTF-8 WGS 84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Communal council of Bembereke, Parakou prefecture; Executive Secretary of the town hall of Bembèrèkè 375 2103 Forest Reserves of Botswana Department of Forestry and Range Resources 2024 2024 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Forestry and Range Resources 376 621 Protected Areas of St Helena St Helena Government 2024 2025 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English St Helena Government 377 2112 Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Cabo Verde Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Cabo Verde 2024 2024 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English / Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Cabo Verde 378 2113 Protected Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 2024 2024 UTF-8 or UTF-16 Submitted in EPSG:4326, data submitted in EPSG:27700 for GB, EPSG:29902 for Northern Ireland, EPSG: 4326 Not Reported Data supplied by Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, NatureScot and JNCC to JNCC for collation and QA according to WDPA schema before submission to WCMC/WDPA Contains data supplied by © Natural England, 2023 Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 OS AC0000851168; © NatureScot, 2024; © Northern Ireland Environment Agency, 2024; © Natura Not Reported English and Welsh Natural England; NatureScot; Natural Resources Wales (NRW); Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA); Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 379 2111 Protected areas of Central African Republic Ministry of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing (MEFCP) and AFN via Central Africa Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 2024 2024 UTF-8 GCS WGS 1984 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French and English Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) 380 2104 OECMs of Japan Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 2024 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 381 2108 Special green space conservation districts of Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 2023 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 382 2109 National Natural Monument of Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 2023 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 383 2110 Protected areas designated by prefectural ordinances of Japan Prefectural Governments of Japan 2023 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English and Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan 384 2105 Protected Areas of Pakistan Ministry of Climate Change, & Environmental Coordination, Islamabad 2024 2024 Not Reported WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Ministry of Climate Change, & Environmental Coordination, Islamabad 385 2114 Protected areas of Yemen Environmental Protection Agency 2024 2024 Not Reported WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Environmental Protection Agency 386 2116 North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission OECMs North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission 2025 2025 UTF-8 WGS84 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission 387 2118 North West Atlantic Fisheries Organization OECMs North West Atlantic Fisheries Organization 2025 2025 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English North West Atlantic Fisheries Organization 388 2119 Protected areas of French Polynesia Direction de L'Environment (DIREN) 2025 2025 UTF-8 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Direction de L'Environment (DIREN) 389 2040 Hima dataset for lebanon Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) 2023 2025 UTF-8 Deir ez Zor Levant Stereographic Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported English Department of Ecosystems, Ministry of Environment 390 2122 Banc d'Arguin National Park Observatory - Mauritania Department of the Banc d'Arguin National Park Observatory. 2025 2025 UTF-8 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported French Department of the Banc d'Arguin National Park Observatory