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India, Asia & Pacific

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Number of Protected areas

672

Polygons/Points ratio

54%

Polygons

46%

Points

Number of sources

For International designations 6
For National designations 16
TOTAL 22

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

5.97%

coverage

182,647.0 km2

Land Area Protected

3,061,193.5 km2

Total Land Area

Area marine

0.17%

coverage

3,928.0 km2

Marine Area Protected

2,301,226.5 km2

Total Marine Area

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. Learn how we calculate protected area coverage statistics

IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ib 1 0.15
II 93 13.84
IV 449 66.82
VI 3 0.45
Not Reported 111 16.52
Not Applicable 15 2.23

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 105 15.63
Not Reported 148 22.02
Sub-national ministry or agency 419 62.35

National designations

11

Categories Count
National Park 116
Sanctuary 498
Closed Area 1
Conservation Reserve 4
Bird Reserve 1
Game Reserve 2
Other Area 3
Forest Reserve 1
Biosphere Reserve 3
Not Reported 1
Marine National Park 1

Regional designations

0

Categories Count

International designations

3

Categories Count
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 7
World Heritage Site 8
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 26