Protected areas of Dominica

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Protected areas of Dominica

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:17 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce
Source: WDPA
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Protected area highlights for Dominica (January 31, 2008):

  1. of
    Areas

Area
km2

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Dominica's Territorial Area)

7

204

4.4%

- Terrestrial (% of Dominica's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

6

200

26.7%

- Marine and Littoral Protected Area

2

4

Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area


Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a World Heritage Site.

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 10 protected areas in Dominica (three more than in the summary above):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name ! scope="col" align="center" | IUCN Designation ! scope="col" align="center" | Marine or
Terrestrial ! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Area
(Hectares) ! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Marine
Area
(Hectares) |- style="background-color: #f7f6f3" align="left" | Cabrits National Park
II Both 531 350

|- style="background-color: White" align="left" | Central Forest Reserve

VI Terrestrial 410

|- style="background-color: #f7f6f3" align="left" | Indian River National Park

Terrestrial 79

|- style="background-color: White" align="left" | Morne Diablotin National Park

II Terrestrial 3,450

|- style="background-color: #f7f6f3" align="left" | Morne Trois Pitons National Park

II Terrestrial 6,872

|- style="background-color: White" align="left" | Northern Forest Reserve

VI Terrestrial 8,814

|- style="background-color: #f7f6f3" align="left" | Soufriere Sulphur Springs National Park

Terrestrial 102

|- style="background-color: White" align="left" | Soufriere/Scott's Head Marine Reserve

V Marine

|- style="background-color: #f7f6f3" align="left" | Stewart Hall Water Catchment Protected Forest

VI Terrestrial 318

|- style="background-color: White" align="left" | Syndicate Parrot Primeval Reserve

Terrestrial 83

Dominica. Source: The CIAWorld Factbook

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Further Reading:

  1. World Resources Institute (accessed May 26, 2009)
  2. World Database on Protected Areas (accessed May 26, 2009)


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(2009). Protected areas of Dominica. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Dominica

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