Protected Areas

 
 
PROTECTED AREAS CREATED OR EXPANDED WITH GCF SUPPORT (AS OF JANUARY 10, 2013)

Priority Area Country Protected Area Hectares Protected
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Brazil Pilon Lajas Indigenous Reserve
183,500

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Brazil Kayapó Indigenous Territories
10,500,000

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Brazil State Forest of Amapá
2,369,400

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Brazil Tumucumaque National Park
3,800,000

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Ecuador Cofán Corridor
250

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Ecuador Río Cofánes Territory
30,000

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Guyana Southern Guyana Community-Owned Conservation Area
625,000

Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Guyana Upper Essequibo Conservation Concession
80,937

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Boa Nova National Park
12,065

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Boa Nova Wildlife Refuges
15,024

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Cassuruba Extractive Reserve
100,687

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Pancada Grande Natural Monument
214

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Parque Estadual do Alto Cariri
19,264

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Pau-Brasil National Park (expansion)
7,381

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Refúgio Mata dos Muriquis
2,723

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Rio dos Frades Wildlife Refuge
894

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Serra das Lontras National Park
11,336

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Una Wildlife Refuge
23,400

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Una Biological Reserve*
7,100

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Paraguay Ache Finca #470
4,760

Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot Paraguay San Rafael Conservation Area
6,700

Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot Brazil Rio Negro State Park
78,303

Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Biodiversity Hotspot  Chile Valdivian Coastal Reserve
59,690

Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Congo Odzala National Park*
1,110,000

Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Democratic Republic of Congo Kisimba-Ikobo Nature Reserve
97,000

Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Democratic Republic of Congo Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve
487,500

Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Democratic Republic of Congo Tayna Nature Reserve
90,025

Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Gabon Langoue Ivindo National Park
329,010

Key Marine Area Belize Little Water Caye
20,000

Key Marine Area Brazil Corumbau Extractive Reserve/Abrolhos Marine National Park*
9,322,475

Key Marine Area Colombia Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary*
857,500

Key Marine Area Indonesia Togean Islands National Park
362,605

Key Marine Area Kiribati Phoenix Islands Protected Area
41,050,000

Key Marine Area Mexico Islas Marietas National Park
1,383

Key Marine Area Mexico Sierra de Vallejo Biosphere Reserve
62,067

Key Marine Area Panama Coiba National Park*
160,800

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Barasipo Community Marine Protected Area
353

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Barivuto Community Marine Protected Area
162

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Buni Community Marine Protected Area
143

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Dunde Community Marine Protected Area
105

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Iriri pasapasa Community Marine Protected Area
42

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Kekehe Community Marine Protected Area
272

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Koqu Rua Community Marine Protected Area
36

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Loduhokata Community Marine Protected Area
34

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Niumala Community Marine Protected Area
312

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Nusa Hope Mangrove Community Marine Protected Area
88

Key Marine Area Solomon Islands Rendova Harbor Community Marine Protected Area
400

Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot Cambodia Central Cardamom Protection Forest
402,000

Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Madagascar Loky-Manambato Forest Station
70,837

Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Madagascar Makira Forest Station
401,000

Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Madagascar Menabe Forest Station
125,000

Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot Costa Rica Cerro Osa
650

Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot Mexico Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve
387,956

Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot Mexico Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
56,700

Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot Mexico Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve
476,971

New Guinea High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Papua New Guinea Adelbert Mountains Community Reserves
6,572

New Guinea High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Papua New Guinea YUS Conservation Area
76,000

North American Deserts High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area Mexico Espiritu Santo
10,000

Philippines Biodiversity Hotspot Philippines Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape
120,000

Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot Fiji Sovi Basin Conservation Area
20,421

Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot Namibia Sperregebiet
2,599,952

Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot South Africa Namaqualand National Park*
7,896

Sundaland Biodiversity Hotspot Indonesia Batang Gadis National Park
108,000

Sundaland Biodiversity Hotspot Indonesia Harapan Rainforest
101,000

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Colombia El Paujil Nature Reserve
1,200

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Abra Malaga Private Conservation Area
70

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Choquechaca Private Conservation Area
2,077

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Cordillera Azul National Park
1,350,000

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Hatun Queuña Quishuarani Private Conservation Area
235

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Mantanay
366

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Otishi National Park
709,347

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Pampacorral
767

Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot Peru Sele Tecse Lares Ayllu Private Conservation Area
974

Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Biodiversity Hotspot Ecuador Awacachi Corridor
294

   
TOTAL
80,599,556
hectares
(199,166,000
acres)

* denotes a protected area expansion​​

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