Protected areas of Haiti

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:21 pm

Source: WDPA

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

	of Areas	Area km2
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Haiti's Territorial Area)	8	73	0.1%
Terrestrial (% of Haiti's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	0	73	0.26%
Marine and Littoral Protected Area	-	-
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 8 nationally recognized protected areas in Haiti:

|- 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) |- align="left"

Fort Jacques and Fort Alexandre (Natural National Park)	-	Terrestrial	9
Fort Mercredi (Natural National Park)	V	Terrestrial	5
La Citadelle, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Natural National Park)	V	Terrestrial	2,200
La Visite (Natural National Park)	II	Terrestrial	3,000
Lac de Peligre (Natural National Park)	V	Terrestrial	100
Parc Macaya (Natural National Park)	II	Terrestrial	2,000
Sources Chaudes (Natural National Park)	V	Terrestrial	20
Sources Puantes (Natural National Park)	V	Terrestrial	10

Map of Haiti (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

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