Protected areas of Netherlands Antilles

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:24 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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Protected area highlights for the Netherlands Antilles (January 31, 2008):

	of Areas	Area km²
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of the Netherlands Antilles' Territorial Area)	14	218	1.7%
- Terrestrial (% of the Netherlands Antilles' Terrestrial Territorial Area)	11	63	7.9%
- Marine and Littoral Protected Area	7	155
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	5	19

There are five wetlands in the Netherlands Antilles recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention):

De Slagbaai	Both	90
Het Gotomeer	Both	150
Het Lac	Both	700
Het Pekelmeer	Both	400
Klein Bonaire Island and adjacent sea	Both	600

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 16 nationally recognized protected areas in the Netherlands Antilles:

Bonaire (National Marine Park)	II	Marine	2,700	2,700
Curaçao (Underwater Park)	II	Both	1,040	1,040
Daaibooi (National Park)	-	Both	200
Flamingo (Bonaire) Sanctuary (Private Reserve)	Ia	Both	55
Hermanus (National Park)	-	Terrestrial	155
Hoffi Pastoor (National Park)	-	Terrestrial	16
Kabouterbos (National Park)	-	Terrestrial	37
Midden Seinpost/Roi Santuary (National Park)	-	Terrestrial	14
Oostpunt (Underwater Park)	-	Marine	1,036	56
Saba (National Marine Park)	II	Both	820	1,300
Saba (National Park)	-	Both	43
Shete Boka Park (National Park)	-	Both	435
Spanish Water Inner Bay Park (Marine Park)	-	Both	300
St Maarten (Marine Park)	-	Marine	5128	5,128
St. Eustatius (Statia) (Marine Park)	II	Marine	2750	2,750
Washington-Slagbaai (Bonaire) (National Park)	II	Both	5900