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Table 25 - Investments in Protected Areas by Governments

Region

Country

Budget year

Budget
(US$)

Protected Areas

Budget/US$ per sq.km

No. of staff

Staff/
1000 sq.km protected area

South Asia

Bangladesh

Forest Directorate

1995

233,446

949

246

197

208

Bhutan

Nature Conservation Division (Forest Department)

1994

612,903

6,606

93

51

8

India








Nepal

Department of WildLife and National Parks

1994

1,197,299

15,025

80

879

59

Pakistan

Aggregate national total

1991

193,135

34,337

6

3,206

102

Seychelles

Conservation and National Parks Section

1995

38,873

40

972

26

650

Sri Lanka

Department of WildLife Conservation

1994

8,548,888

7,864

1,087

679

85

South East Asia

Brunei Darussalam

Forest Department

1995

3,904,653

1,036

3,769

171


Cambodia








Indonesia








Lao PDR

Protected Areas and WildLife Division

1994

12,224

24,400

1



Malaysia

Aggregate national total

1991

7,424,143

14,848

500



Myanmar

Nature and WildLife Conservation Division

1995

251,194

3,622

69

674

186

Philippines








Singapore








Thailand

National Parks Division

1995

35,330,416

40,216

879

1683

42


WildLife Conservation Division

1996

40,094,339

27,840

363

759

27

Viet Nam








East Asia

China

Various

1993

600,000

681,794

1

20,000

29

Japan








Mongolia








Korea D. P. R.








Korea Republic

Nationals Parks Authority

1993

56,499,000

7,568

7,466



Taiwan

Department of National Parks

1996

45,390,126

3,222

14,088

668

207

Hong Kong

Agriculture and Fisheries Department

1996

27,561,439

417

66,095

1326

3180

Australia

Australia

Aggregated data from ten agencies

1990

160,066,372

445,600

359



South Pacific

CNMI








Fiji

Fiji National Trust

1991

360,934

8

46,274

8

1026

FSM








New Caledonia

Environment, Parks and Reserves Management Service

1994

19,229,433

518

37,122

11

21

New Zealand

Department of Conservation

1996

80,792,056

89,978

898

1350

15

Niue








Palau








Papua New Guinea

Department of Environment and Conservation

1993

2,205,882

10,448

211

147

14

Solomon Islands








Tokelau








Tonga








Tuvalu








Vanuatu

Environment Unit

1993

33,155

33

1,005



Western Samoa

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

1990

49,803

234

213



Source: APFSOS/WP/04


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