French Guyana, Latin America & Caribbean
Number of Protected areas
36
2 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
100% Polygons
0% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 2 |
For National designations | 1 |
For Regional designations | 1 |
TOTAL | 4 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
53.03% coverage
44,030 km2 Land Area Protected
83,035 km2 Total Land Area
46.28% with management effectiveness evaluation
20,378.74318 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
1.0% coverage
1,365 km2 Marine Area Protected
136,564 km2 Total Marine Area
0.0% with management effectiveness evaluation
0.0 km2 Area Assessed
Warning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ib | 1 | 2.78 |
IV | 28 | 77.78 |
V | 2 | 5.56 |
Not Reported | 4 | 11.11 |
Not Assigned | 1 | 2.78 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 32 | 88.89 | |
Not Reported | 4 | 11.11 |
Related countries & territories
National designations
8
Regional designations
1
Categories | Count |
---|---|
Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) | 1 |
International designations
1
Categories | Count |
---|---|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 3 |