Lebanon, West Asia
Number of Protected areas
34
4 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
56% Polygons
44% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 2 |
For National designations | 6 |
For Regional designations | 2 |
TOTAL | 10 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
2.6% coverage
268 km2 Land Area Protected
10,329 km2 Total Land Area
59.99% with management effectiveness evaluation
160.942124 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
0.21% coverage
41 km2 Marine Area Protected
19,316 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 | % |
---|---|---|
II | 1 | 2.94 |
Not Reported | 28 | 82.35 |
Not Applicable | 3 | 8.82 |
Not Assigned | 2 | 5.88 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 2 | 5.88 | |
Not Reported | 17 | 50.0 | |
Joint governance | 15 | 44.12 |
National designations
5
Categories | Count |
---|---|
National Park | 4 |
Forest Reserve | 4 |
Nature Reserve | 14 |
Protection/Protected Forest | 1 |
Private Protected Area | 2 |
Regional designations
1
Categories | Count |
---|---|
Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention) | 2 |
International designations
2
Categories | Count |
---|---|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 3 |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 4 |