Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS PROTECTION COVERAGE

Cook Islands

Protected Area Count

Management Effectiveness Assessments

1,981,949.23 km² / 1,972,842.36 km² (100.46%) Protected

Marine

67.10 km² / 258.14 km² (25.99%) Protected

Terrestrial

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.

Source: from ProtectedPlanet.net.

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UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2020,
Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)/The Global Database on Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME),
Jul 2020, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN.
Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.

	Designation	GIS Area	GIS Marine Area	IUCN Category	Management Plan	Status	Status Year	WDPA ID
Kakerori Reserve	Reserve			II	Not Reported	Proposed		16384
Te Manga Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve			Not Reported	Not Reported	Proposed		17821
Palmerston Lagoon Trochus Sanctuary	Hunting Reserve			IV	Not Reported	Designated	1991	71025
Aroko/Muri	ra'ui	0.89km²	0.69km²	Not Reported	Not Reported	Designated	1998	555547849
Manuae Lagoon Trochus Sanctuary	Hunting Reserve	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	1991	71023
Takitumu	Other Area	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	1996	145497
Tikioki	Marine Sanctuary	0.41km²	0.41km²	IV	Not Reported	Designated	1998	315496
Pouara	ra'ui	0.05km²	0.05km²	Not Reported	Not Reported	Designated	1998	555547850
Motukitiu Reserve	Ra'ui	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	2000	315589
Aroa	ra'ui	0.26km²	0.26km²	Not Reported	Not Reported	Designated	2000	555547848
Cook Islands Marine Park	Marine Park	1982029.07km²	1981964.98km²	VI	Management plan currently under development	Designated	2017	555624907
Maina Lagoon	Ra'ui	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	2000	555547611
Maina Reserve	Reserve	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	2000	315590
Titikaveka	ra'ui	0.51km²	0.51km²	Not Reported	Not Reported	Designated	1998	555547851
Ootu Reserve	Ra'ui	0.00km²	0.00km²	VI	Not Reported	Designated	1993	315494
Suwarrow	National Park	0.00km²	0.00km²	IV	Not Reported	Designated	1978	4256
Takutea	Other Area	0.00km²	0.00km²	II	Not Reported	Designated	1950	17822

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