Protected areas of Grenada

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Protected areas of Grenada

May 27, 2009, 1:19 pm
Source: WDPA
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Protected area highlights for Grenada (January 31, 2008):

  1. of
    Areas

Area
km2

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

2

7

0.15%

Terrestrial (% of Grenada's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

2

7

2.0%

Marine and Littoral Protected Area

1

0.6

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


The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 31 nationally recognized protected areas in Grenada (29 more than in the summary above):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name (IUCN Designation) ! scope="col" align="center" | Marine or
Terrestrial
 ! scope="col" align="left" |
Total Area
(hectares)
|- align="left"
Annandale Falls (Natural Landmark) Terrestrial 1
Annandale Watershed (Multiple Use Area) Terrestrial 205
Calivigny Island (Protected Site) Both 5
Canoe Bay (Protected Site) Both
Concord Falls (Natural Landmark) Terrestrial 1
Concord Watershed (Multiple Use Area) Terrestrial 97
Grand Etang (Forest Reserve) (VI)
Terrestrial 618
Grand Etang (National Park) Terrestrial 959
High North (National Park) Both 245
Hog Island (Natural Landmark) Both 28
La Baye Rock (Natural Landmark) Terrestrial 2
La Sagesse (Protected Site) Both 5
Lake Antoine (Natural Landmark) Both 34
Lauriston Point, Sandy Island, Mabouya (Protected Site) Both 236
Levera (National Park) Both 222
Limlair-Thibaud (Protected Site) Both 6
Marquis Island (Natural Landmark) Both 3
Marquis River Falls (Natural Landmark) Terrestrial 1
Molinere /Beausejour (Marine Protected Area) Both 110
Morne Delice Forest Remnant Terrestrial
Mt. Hartman Both 480
Mt. Hope/Clabony Watershed (Multiple Use Area) Both 265
Mt. St Catherine (National Park) Terrestrial 578
Northern Seascape (Protected Site) Both 148
Perseverance Terrestrial 112
Quarantine Point (Natural Landmark) Both 3
River Sallee Boiling Springs (Natural Landmark) Both 1
Sabazan (Protected Site) Both 2
Southern Seascape (Protected Site) Both 39
Tyrrel Bay Mangrove (Protected Site) Both 113
White and Saline Islands Coral Reefs (Protected Site) Both 390

Grenada. Source: The CIA World 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 Grenada. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Grenada

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