Protected areas of The Bahamas

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Protected areas of Bahamas

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:08 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce
Source: WDPA
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Protected area highlights for the Bahamas (January 31, 2008):

  1. of
    Areas

Area
km2

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

43

2,831

1.0%

- Terrestrial (% of the Bahamas's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

43

1,579

11.4%

- Marine and Littoral Protected Area

32

1,252

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

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

1

326


Inagua National Park recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

The World Database of Protected Areas reports 43 nationally recognized protected areas in the Bahamas:

|- 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) |- align="left"
Abaco National Park II Both 20,500
Adelaide Creek Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 150
Betty Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 1
Big Darby Island Wild Bird Reserve Wild Bird Reserve Both 202
Big Galliot Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 8
Big Green Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 210
Black Sound Cay National Park IV Both 1
Bonefish Pond National Park Both 728
Bottle Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 4
Cedar Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 2
Central Andros National Park Both 115,800
Channel Cays and Flat Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 18
Conception Island National Park II Both 809 162
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
A rock within the park is designated as a Wild Bird Reserve 		II Both 45,584 36,467
Finley Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 5
Goat Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 12
Goulding Cay WNR (Wild Bird Reserve) IV Terrestrial 2
Grassy Creek Cays and Rocks Wild Bird Reserve Both 172
Guana Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 2
Harvey Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 2
High Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 8
Inagua National Park II Both 74,333 7,433
Joulter Cays Wild Bird Reserve IV Terrestrial 117
Lake Cunningham Wild Bird Reserve IV Both 70
Lightbourn Creek (Waterloo) Wild Bird Reserve IV Both 200
Little Derby Island Wild Bird Reserve Both 136
Little Inagua National Park Both 12,790
Little San Salvador (Little Island) Wild Bird Reserve IV Both 182
Lucayan National Park II Both 16
Mammy Rhoda Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 1
Moriah Harbour Cay Park Both 5,439
Paradise Island Wild Bird Reserve Both 283
Pelican Cays Land and Sea National Park II Both 850 680
Peterson Cay National Park II Both 1
Rand Nature Centre National Park II Terrestrial 40
The Retreat National Park II Terrestrial 5
Tilloo Cay National Park II Terrestrial 10
Union Creek Managed Nature Reserve Both 1,813
Walker's Cay Marine Park Both 2,500
Washerwomans Cut Cays Wild Bird Reserve IV Both 79
Water Cay Wild Bird Reserve Both 3
Wood Cay Wild Bird Reserve IV Both 6


300px-Bahamas.gif Map of Bahamas (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 Bahamas. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Protected_areas_of_The_Bahamas

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