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| Biodiversity and Protected Areas — Protected Areas: Larger than one million hectares, number Units: Number |
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| World {1} | 229 | |
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| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 33 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 2 | |
| Europe | 18 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 10 | |
| North America | 23 | |
| Oceania | 17 | |
| South America | 77 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 49 | |
| Developed Countries | 61 | |
| Developing Countries | 168 | |
| High Income Countries | 45 | |
| Low Income Countries | 48 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 136 | |
| ISO | 2006 | |
| Country | ||
| Algeria | DZA | 2 |
| Angola | AGO | 2 |
| Argentina | ARG | 7 |
| Australia | AUS | 17 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 9 |
| Botswana | BWA | 3 |
| Brazil | BRA | 38 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 1 |
| Canada | CAN | 5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 1 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 4 |
| Chad | TCD | 2 |
| China | CHN | 19 |
| Colombia | COL | 6 |
| Congo | COG | 1 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 7 |
| Egypt | EGY | 1 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 3 |
| Honduras | HND | 1 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 6 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1 |
| Kenya | KEN | 1 |
| Mali | MLI | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX | 1 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 4 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 2 |
| Namibia | NAM | 1 |
| Niger | NER | 2 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 1 |
| Peru | PER | 6 |
| Philippines | PHL | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 18 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 5 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 1 |
| Sudan | SDN | 5 |
| Suriname | SUR | 1 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 1 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 6 |
| Uganda | UGA | 1 |
| United States | USA | 18 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 10 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 1 |
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| 1 - World |
| World total was calculated by WRI. |
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| United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2006. World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Data set available on CD-ROM. Cambridge, U.K: UNEP-WCMC. Online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/. |
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