Protected areas of Aruba

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:05 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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

	of Areas	Area km²
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Aruba's Territorial Area)	1	0.2	0.007%
Terrestrial (% of Aruba's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	1	0.1	0.06%
Marine and Littoral Protected Area	1	0.1
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	1	0.7

Het Spaans Lagoon is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

The World Database of Protected Areas reports two nationally recognized protected areas in Aruba (one more than in the summary above):

Bubali Pond Bird Sanctuary	Both	20
Het Spaans Lagoon Proposed Conservation Area	Both	70

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