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Ecuador's Protected Areas Overview

This document summarizes Ecuador's protected natural areas, which cover approximately 20% of the country. It lists 59 formally protected areas including 12 national parks, 5 biological reserves, and various other designations. These protected areas conserve Ecuador's biodiversity in different regions, including the Andes, Pacific Coast, and Galapagos Islands, and protect ecosystems like cloud forests, mangroves, and volcanoes.

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Ecuador's Protected Areas Overview

This document summarizes Ecuador's protected natural areas, which cover approximately 20% of the country. It lists 59 formally protected areas including 12 national parks, 5 biological reserves, and various other designations. These protected areas conserve Ecuador's biodiversity in different regions, including the Andes, Pacific Coast, and Galapagos Islands, and protect ecosystems like cloud forests, mangroves, and volcanoes.

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ECUADORIAN

NATIONAL PARKS,
RESERVES
&
PROTECTED AREAS
[Link]

Approximately 20% of Ecuadorian territory is


designated in some way as protected - National
Parks, Reserves or Protected Areas, including
marine habitats.

There are 59 formally protected areas: 12 NPs, 5


biological reserves, 1 geo-botanical reserve, 9
ecological reserves, 5 marine reserves, 6 national
recreation areas, 10 wildlife refuges, 5 flora and
fauna production reserves, 2 ecological areas of
conservation, 1 autonomous protected area, 2
community protected areas and 1 private protected
area.
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTED AREAS OF THE
ANDES REGION OF ECUADOR

Sangay National Park Cajas National Park Podocarpus National


UNESCO World Heritage Centre:
[Link]
[Link]
ational_Park
Park
[Link]
_National_Park
[Link] [Link]
iscover-sangay-national-park/ onal-park/
[Link]
ocarpus-national-park/

Yacuri National Park El Ángel Ecological Ecological Reserve


[Link]
3%AD_National_Park
Reserve Cotacachi Cayapas
[Link] [Link]
[Link] l-angel-ecological-reserve/ Cayapas_Ecological_Reserve
/11/touring-yacuri-national-park-near.
html [Link] [Link]
el_angel_reserve_ecuador/ cachi-cayapas-ecological-reserve/

Pululahua Cayambe Coca Antisana Ecological


Geobotanical Reserve National Park Reserve
[Link] [Link]
[Link] ambe-coca-national-park/ ntisana-reserve-ecuador/
lahua-geobotanical-reserve-ecuador/
[Link] [Link]
[Link] ambe-coca-national-park/ mazon/napo/antisana-ecological-reserv
ululahua_geobotanical_reserve.html e/

Pasachoa Wildlife Ecological Reserve Cotopaxi National Park


Refuge Ilinizas [Link]
ational_Park
[Link] [Link]
_silvestre_pasochoa ndean-highlands/cotopaxi/ilinizas-ecolo [Link]
gical-reserve/ atural-attractions/cotopaxi_national_par
[Link] [Link]
ildlife-refuge/ [Link]
over-los-ilinizas-ecological-reserve/

Colonso Chalupas Llanganates National Wildlife Production


Biological Reserve Park Reserve Chimborazo
[Link] [Link] [Link]
_colonso_chalupas tional_Park
uploads/downloads/2014/12/chimborazo
[Link] _ingles_baja.pdf
5680379_Reserva_Biologica_Colonso-Chal [Link]
upas_limite_regional_en_primates_del_Ecu tes-national-park/
[Link]
ador visit-chimborazo-volcano-in-ecuador/

Río Negro-Sopladora Bellavista Cloud Forest


National Park Reserve
[Link] [Link] [Link]
s-completed/rio-negro-sopladora/ / ema_Nacional_de_%C3%81reas_P
[Link] rotegidas_del_Ecuador
opladora-national-park/
[Link]
[Link]
a_Cloud_Forest_Reserve
aturales-protegidas-ecuador-rio-negro/
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTED AREAS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST REGION OF ECUADOR
Ecological Reserve La Chiquita Wildlife Mangrove Wildlife Refuge
Manglares Cayapas Mataje Refuge of the Esmeraldas River
[Link]
[Link] [Link] Estuary
ecol%C3%B3gica_Manglares_Cayapas- das/san-lorenzo/refugios-vida-silvestre/c [Link]
Mataje hiquita-refugio-vida-silvestre-a8jbdizes estoration-mangroves-refugio-de-vida-si
[Link] lvestre-manglares-estuario-rio-esmerald
[Link] as
3b3gica_manglares_cayapas-mataje o-de-vida-silvestre/

Marina Galera San Mangrove Wildlife El Pambilar Wildlife


Francisco Reserve Refuge of the Muisne Refuge
[Link]
_Galera_San_Francisco River Estuary ([Link]
04/connecting-the-ecuadorian-choco/)
[Link]
[Link]
ry-mangrove-wildlife-refuge/ [Link]
8+PLAN+DE+MANEJO+EL+[Link]/9dd9d
muisne/reservas-marinas/reserva-marina-gal [Link] d44-d76a-46bb-94e2-2ccc2a5f5537
era-san-francisco-aaczf7ssl restoration-in-muisne/

Ecological Reserve Wildlife Refuge Islas Coastal Marine Wildlife


Mache Chindul Corazones y Fragatas Refuge Pacoche
[Link] [Link] [Link]
%20documentos/SECTORES%20ESTRAT%C3%89GIC
Ecological_Reserve OS/Ministerio%20de%20Ambiente/Plan%20de%20manej acoche-forest/
o%20refugio%20de%20vida%20silvestre%20Isla%20Cor
[Link] azon%20y%[Link]
[Link]
s-destination/esmeraldas/mache-chindul-res [Link]
ilvestre-isla-coraz%C3%B3n-e-isla-fragata-iba-ecuador _silvestre_y_marino_costera_pacoche
[Link]

Machalilla National El Pelado Marine Production Reserve of


Park Reserve Coastal Marine Fauna
[Link]
a_National_Park
[Link]
marina_El_Pelado
Puntilla de Santa Elena
[Link]
%B3n_de_fauna_Marino_Costero_Puntilla_Santa_Elena
[Link] [Link]
bi/puerto-lopez/parques-nacionales/ o
[Link]
areas/
machalilla-national-park-aiawzkkep

Mangrove Wildlife Churute Mangroves El Morro Mangroves


Production Reserve El Ecological Reserve Wildlife Refuge
Salado [Link]
al-parks/reserva-ecologica-churute/man
[Link]
_silvestre_manglares_el_morro
[Link] [Link]
en/content/reserva-de-produccion-fauni [Link]
stica-manglares-el-salado-puerto-hondo [Link] en/content/refugio-de-vida-silvestre-man
angroves_Ecological_Reserve glares-el-morro

Marine Reserve Santa Arenilla Ecological


Clara Island Reserve
[Link] [Link] [Link]
o/santa-rosa/refugios-vida-silvestre/s 84808_Arenillas_Ecological_Reserve_A_refuge_of ema_Nacional_de_%C3%81reas_P
_biodiversity_or_an_island_of_extinction
anta-clara-island-wildlife-refuge-an6w rotegidas_del_Ecuador
kbkk0 [Link]
B3gica_Arenillas
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTED AREAS OF THE
AMAZON REGION OF ECUADOR

Ecological Reserve Sumaco Napo-Galeras Fauna Production


Cofán Bermejo National Park Reserve Cuyabeno
[Link] [Link]
[Link] apo-Galeras_National_Park ios/reservas-flora-fauna/cuyabeno-flora-
ecol%C3%B3gica_Cof%C3%A1n-Berme fauna-production-reserve-af6d82cd6
jo [Link]
ional_Sumaco_Napo-Galeras [Link]
[Link] Wildlife_Reserve
3b3gica_cofc3a1n-bermejo [Link]
aco-napo-galeras-national-park/ [Link]
[Link] om/cuyabeno-wildlife-reserve/
[Link]

Ecological Reserve Yasuni National Park El Cóndor Biological


Limoncocha [Link]
Reserve
onal_Park
[Link] [Link]
tected-areas/limoncocha-reserve/ [Link] ecuador/cordillera/pdf/TheIncredibleCon
uni [Link]
[Link]
_National_Biological_Reserve [Link] [Link]
es/Yasun%C3%[Link] /parque-binacional-el-condor-A2636

[Link]
L8dcrm0

[Link]
ndor/

El Quimi Biological El Zarza Wildlife Ecological Reserve


Reserve Refuge Cerro Plateado
[Link] [Link]
[Link] _silvestre_el_zarza ory/Education/Reserva-Biol%C3%B3gic
ol%C3%B3gica_El_Quimi a-Cerro-Plateado-343448616030947/
[Link]
[Link] ks/el-zarza/ [Link]
/ ol%C3%B3gica_Cerro_Plateado
[Link]
_vida_silvestre_El_Zarza [Link]
sh/htm/news/[Link]
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTED AREAS OF THE
GALÁPAGOS REGION OF ECUADOR

Galápagos National Park Marine Reserve Galápagos


[Link] [Link]
-park/ gos_Marine_Reserve

[Link] [Link]
agos_National_Park os

[Link] [Link]
agos-safari-experiences/galapagos-marine-r
[Link] eserve/
ut/cdrs

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