The proposed protected areas from Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC: currently CEPA) created by Arthur Ganubella from the GIS Branch (2011): When the original information is updated, the information displayed will be updated accordingly. Please contact CEPA for further detail.

This layer provides an overview of the protected areas,based on decrees and in collaboration with the Nature Division of the government of Suriname. The following types were identified: Nature reserves Multiple Purpose Management Areas (MUMA) Special protected forest Nature park LBB-reserves Proposed nature reserves

Source: IUCN and UNEP-WCMC. 2013. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Cambridge, UK. Available at www.protectedplanet.net

The existing protected areas from Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC: currently CEPA) created by Arthur Ganubella from the GIS Branch (2011): When the original information is updated, the information displayed will be updated accordingly. Please contact CEPA for further detail.

The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data on the world's terrestrial and marine protected areas, containing more than 260,000 protected areas as of August 2020, with records covering 245 countries and territories throughout the world. The WDPA is a joint venture between the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). Data for the WDPA is collected from international convention secretariats, governments and collaborating NGOs, but the role of custodian is allocated to the Protected Areas Programme of UNEP-WCMC, based in Cambridge, UK, who have hosted the database since its creation in 1981. The WDPA is updated on a monthly basis, and can be downloaded from https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa?tab=WDPA