The protected areas of Equatorial Guinea include national parks, scientific reserves, natural monuments, and nature reserves. As of June 2020, protected areas covered 5,228 km2, or 19% of the country's land area.[1]
National parks[edit]
(IUCN protected area category II)
- Pico Basilé National Park (330 km²)
- Monte Alén National Park (2000 km²)
- Altos de Nsork National Park (700 km²)
Scientific reserves[edit]
(IUCN protected area category 1b)
- Playa Nendyi Scientific Reserve (5 km²)
- Luba Crater Scientific Reserve (510 km²)
Natural monuments[edit]
(IUCN protected area category III)
- Piedra Bere Natural Monument (200 km²)
- Piedra Nzas Natural Monument (190 km²)
Nature reserves[edit]
(IUCN protected area category IV)
- Annobón Nature Reserve (230 km²)
- Rio Campo Nature Reserve (330 km²)
- Punta Llende Nature Reserve (55 km²)
- Corisco and Elobeyes Nature Reserve (480 km²)
- Monte Temelón Nature Reserve (230 km²)
- Muni Estuary Nature Reserve (600 km²)
Internationally designated areas[edit]
Ramsar sites, wetlands of international importance[edit]
- Annobón Island (230 km²)
- Río Ntem o Campo (330 km²)
- Muni Estuary Nature Reserve (800 km²)
References[edit]
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Equatorial Guinea from the World Database of Protected Areas, June 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net