Protected areas of United States Virgin Islands

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Protected areas of United States Virgin Islands

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:33 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce
Source: WDPA
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Protected area highlights for the United States Virgin Islands (January 31, 2008):

  1. of
    Areas

Area
km2

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of the United States Virgin Islands's Territorial Area)

17

192

3.0%

Terrestrial (% of the United States Virgin Islands's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

13

72

20.7%

Marine and Littoral Protected Area

15

121

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

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves

1

61

The Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve is recognized under the UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves program

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 17 nationally recognized protected areas in United States Virgin Islands:

|- 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"
Buck Island (National Wildlife Refuge) - Both 18 113
Buck Island Reef (National Monument) III Both 7,695 7,530
Cas Cay/Mangrove Lagoon (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Marine
Compass Point Pond (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Marine
Estate Thomas (Experimental Forest) - Terrestrial 59
Green Cay (National Wildlife Refuge) - Both 6 4
Hassel Island (National Park) - Both
Hind Bank (Flora Protection Area) - Both 4,100
Jack And Issac Bays (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Both 115
Magens Bay (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Both
Saint John (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Marine
Salt River (National Park) - Both 168
Salt River Submarine Canyon NHS (Protected Area) - Both 1000
Sandy Point (National Wildlife Refuge) IV Both 134 157
Southgate Pond (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Both
St James (Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary) - Marine
Virgin Islands (National Park) - Both 5,308 1,752

300px-United States Virgin Islands.gif United States Virgin Islands. 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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