Protected areas of Guadeloupe

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:20 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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Protected area highlights for Guadeloupe (January 31, 2008):

	of Areas	Area km²
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Guadeloupe's Territorial Area)	22	457	3.3%
Terrestrial (% of Guadeloupe's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	21	299	17.5%
Marine and Littoral Protected Area	15	158
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	1	120
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves	1	171

Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

Archipel de la Guadeloupe is recognized under the UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reservesprogram

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 21 nationally recognized protected areas in Gaudeloupe (one more that in the summary above):

Biotopes abritant des chiroptères (Biotope Protection Order)	IV	Terrestrial
Commune de Terre-de-Haut (Biotope Protection Order)	IV	Both	347.6
Etang Saint-Jean (Biotope Protection Order)	IV	Both	5.5
Etangs de Grand et Petit Cul-de-Sac (iotope Protection Order)	IV	Both	15.94
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Nature Reserve	II	Both	3737	2135
Grand îlet des Saintes Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	45
Guadeloupe National Park	II	Terrestrial	17,300
Guadeloupe National Park Buffer Zone	V	Both	16,200
Iles de la Petite Terre Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	80
Iles de la Petite-Terre Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	990
Ilet Kahouanne Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Terrestrial	6
Ilets de Petite Terre (Biotope Protection Order)	IV	Both	69
La Grande Vigie Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Terrestrial	73
Mont Caraïbes Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Terrestrial	62
Petite-Terre Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	890	842
Pigeon/Malendure Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	200	277
Pointe à Bacchus Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	71
Pointe des Châteaux Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	10
Saint Barthélémy Nature Reserve	IV	Marine	1,00	120,000
Saint-Martin Nature Reserve		Both	3,060	2,907
Saragot Littoral Conservation Area	IV	Both	5