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Table 10 - Summary of Protected Areas (IUCN Management Categories I-VI) in the Asia Pacific Region

Region Country


Ia/Ib

II

III

IV

V

VI

Total

Area (km2)

No

Area km2)

No

Area(km2)

No

Area (km2)

No

Area (km2)

No

Area (km2)

No

Area (km2)

No

Area (km2)

%

ASIA-PACI TOTAL

29,073,555

331

672,278

781

632,947

107

16,702

1,074

451,615

192

554,342

448

154,423

2,931

2,482,307

8.54%

AUSTRALIA

Australia

7,682,300

88

39,801

437

284,302

64

2,583

291

133,507

33

482,805

20

2,117

933

945,115

12.30%

Total

7,682,300

88

39,801

437

284,302

64

2,583

291

133,507

33

482,805

20

2,117

933

945,115

12.30%

EAST ASIA

China

9,597,000

37

486,282

20

8,156

9

1,197

149

56,210

50

46,222

330

83,724

595

681,791

7.10%

Hong Kong

1,062

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

51

12

372

0

0

15

423

39.83%

Japan

369,700

8

244

15

12,959

0

0

29

4,776

13

7,522

0

0

65

25,501

6.90%

Korea, Dem. People's Republic of

122,310

0

0

9

1,501

4

105

6

1,540

0

0

0

0

19

3,146

2.57%

Korea, Republic of

98,445

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

345

20

6,473

0

0

25

6,818

6.93%

Mongolia

1,565,000

10

85,253

6

46,399

16

12,260

1

900

0

0

0

0

33

144,812

9.25%

Total

11,753,517

55

571,779

50

69,015

29

13,562

193

63,822

95

80,589

330

83,724

752

862,491

7.34%

SOUTH ASIA

Bangladesh

144,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

833

2

134

0

0

8

967

0.67%

Bhutan

46,620

1

644

4

6,606

0

0

4

2,411

0

0

0

0

9

9,661

20.72%

India

3,166,830

2

1,960

63

31,618

0

0

272

104,828

1

186

1

464

339

139,056

4.39%

Nepal

141,415

0

0

8

10,144

0

0

4

941

0

0

2

3,490

14

14,575

10.31%

Pakistan

803,940

0

0

6

8,821

0

0

45

27,166

4

1,220

2

181

57

37,388

4.65%

Sri Lanka

65,610

0

0

22

4,363

0

0

31

3,280

0

0

0

0

53

7,643

11.65%

Total

4,368,415

3

2,604

103

61,552

0

0

362

139,459

7

1,540

5

4,135

480

209,290

4.79%

PACIFIC

American Samoa

197

0

0

1

37

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

37

18.78%

Fiji

18,330

5

189

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

189

1.03%

Guam

450

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

61

1

61

13.56%

Kiribati

684

2

201

0

0

1

65

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

266

38.89%

New Caledonia

19,105

0

0

2

101

0

0

8

726

1

27

0

0

11

854

4.47%

New Zealand

265,150

87

16,895

29

41,403

6

233

60

2,136

0

0

0

0

182

60,667

22.88%

Niue

259

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

54

1

54

20.85%

Palau

0

0

0

0

0

1

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

12


Papua New Guinea

462,840

0

0

3

73

0

0

2

746

0

0

0

0

5

819

0.18%

Samoa

2,840

0

0

1

28

0

0

2

72

0

0

0

0

3

100

3.52%

Tonga

699

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

28

1

28

4.01%

United Slates Minor Outlying Isl.

658

3

411

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

411

62.46%

Total

771,212

97

17,696

36

41,642

8

310

72

3,680

1

27

3

143

217

63,498

8.23%

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Cambodia

181,000

0

0

7

7,362

0

0

10

20,300

3

970

3

4,039

23

32,671

18.05%

Lao People's Dem. Republic

236,725

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

17

27,563

17

27,563

11.64%

Myanmar

678,030

0

0

1

1,605

0

0

0

0

1

126

0

0

2

1,731

0.26%

Thailand

514,000

0

0

74

39,473

0

0

37

27,275

1

131

0

0

112

66,879

13.01%

Viet Nam

329,565

0

0

9

2,024

0

0

43

7,919

0

0

0

0

52

9,943

3.02%

Total

1,939,320

0

0

91

50,464

0

0

90

55,494

5

1,227

20

31,602

206

138,787

7.16%

INSULAR SOUTH EAST ASIA

Brunei Darussalam

5,765

9

662

1

488

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

1,150

19.95%

Indonesia

1,919,445

56

38,864

35

114,708

1

50

48

46,632

37

4,100

66

32,387

243

236,741

12.33*

Malaysia

332,965

23

872

17

8,153

0

0

9

5,797

1

10

1

206

51

15,038

4.52%

Philippines

300,000

0

0

11

2,623

5

197

8

3,197

13

4,044

1

109

38

10,170

3.39%

Singapore

616

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

27

0

0

0

0

1

27

4.38%

Total

2,558,791

88

40,398

64

125,972

6

247

66

55,653

51

8,154

68

32,702

343

263,126

10.28%

Note:

Protected area An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective me

Ia Strict Nature Reserve (Strict protection)

Ib Wilderness Area (Strict protection)

II National Park (Ecosystem conservation and recreation)

III Natural Monument (Conservation of natural features)

IV Habitat/Species Management Area (Conservation through active management)

V Protected Landscape/Seascape (Landscape/seascape conservation and recreation)

VI Managed Resource Protected Area (Sustainable use of natural ecosystems)

Source: APFSOS/WP/04


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