Protected areas of Suriname

Published: May 27, 2009, 12:58 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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

	of Areas	Area km²
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Suriname's Territorial Area)	15	22,780	13.2%
- Terrestrial (% of Costa Rica's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	15	20,718	12.6%
- Marine and Littoral Protected Area	7	2,061
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 1,000 km²	4
Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 10,000 km²	1
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	1	120

Areas internationally recognized as significant are:

Central Suriname Nature Reserve - Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
Coppenamemonding - World Heritage Site

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 23 nationally recognized protected areas in Suriname (8 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="center" | Total
Area
(hectares) ! scope="col" align="center" | Total
Marine
Area
(hectares) |- align="left"

Bigi Pan Multiple Use Management Area		Both	68,320	89,048
Boven-Coesewijne Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	27,000
Brinck-heuvel Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	6,000
Brownsberg Nature Park	II	Terrestrial	8,400
Central Suriname Nature Reserve	II	Terrestrial	1,600,000
Copi Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	28,000
Coppename Monding Nature Reserve	IV	Both	12,000	23,135
Eilerts de Haan Nature Reserve		Terrestrial	245,000
Galibi Nature Reserve	IV	Both	4,000	2,114
Hertenrits Nature Reserve	IV	Both	100
Kaboeri Kreek Nature Reserve		Terrestrial	68,000
Mac Clemen Forest Reserve		Terrestrial	6,000
Nani Nature Reserve		Terrestrial	54,000
Noord Coronie Multiple Use Management Area	VI	Both		35,228
Noord Saramacca Multiple Use Management Area	VI	Both	15,000	66,950
North Commewijne - Marowijne Multiple Use Management Area		Both		138,362
Peruvia Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	31,000
Raleighvallen-Volzberg Nature Reserve		Terrestrial	54,600
Sipaliwini Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	100,000
Snake Creek Forest Reserve		Terrestrial	4,000
Tafelberg Nature Reserve		Terrestrial	140,800
Wane Kreek Nature Reserve	IV	Terrestrial	45,400
Wia-Wia Nature Reserve	IV	Both	36,000	15,463