Protected areas of Guyana

Published: May 27, 2009, 12:55 pm

Updated: November 8, 2011, 11:19 am

Source: WDPA

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

	of Areas	Area km2
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Guyana's Territorial Area)	3	4,860	2.2%
- Terrestrial (% of Guyana's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	3	4,860	2.3%
- Marine and Littoral Protected Area	0	0
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 1,000 km2	2

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 16 nationally recognized protected areas in Guyana (13 more than in the summary above):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name (IUCN Designation) - all terrestrial, none marine ! scope="col" align="right" | Total Area
(Hectares) |- align="left"

Ayanganna Mt. National Park
Berbice Savanna
Essequibo Islands Wildlife Sanctuary
Iwokrama (IV)	360,000
Kaieteur National Park (II)	63,000
Kaieteur National Park enlargement (II)	63,000
Kanuku Mt. Nature Conservation Reserve	234,000
Konashen Anthropological Reserve
Kurupukari Wildlife Reserve
Kuyuwini-Kassikaityu Bird Reserve
Mabura Hill Ecological Station
New River Triangle Resource Reserve
Orinduik Falls National Monument
Shell Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Shiriri Mt. Protected Landscape
Wakadanawa
Wokomung Mt. Scientific Reserve

Map of Guyana. Source: CIA, The 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)

Citation

(2011). Protected areas of Guyana. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Guyana