The largest protected areas – those exceeding an area of 250,000 square kilometres – are listed below in order of total area protected.[3] All are marine protected areas except for Northeast Greenland National Park – which is mostly terrestrial but also has a marine component – and three entirely terrestrial biosphere reserves in Brazil. Protected areas with multiple coterminous or overlapping designations (e.g. Northeast Greenland National Park and the corresponding Biosphere Reserve) are listed only once.
Currently, Marae Moana is the largest protected area in the world with a total area larger than Mexico (1,964,375 km2).
Largest protected areas of the world
References
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^"South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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^"A very large Marine Protected Area is created in the Southern Ocean by France". Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^"Área De Proteção Ambiental Do Arquipélago De Trindade E Martim Vaz". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^"Four protected areas announced in Cancún". Mexico News Daily. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^"Área De Proteção Ambiental Do Arquipélago De São Pedro E São Paulo". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^"Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas by Type (2016) (refer 'Detailed list' tab for 'Great Barrier Reef' breakdown)". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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^Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2019-09-18). "Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area (MPA)". www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^"Chilean government officially decrees the creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park" (Press release). Santiago: Oceana. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.