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UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2024,
Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)/The Global Database on Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME),
Dec 2024, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN.
Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.

WDPA ID: 2936

Marine Protected Area

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Original Name: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN Category: Ia
Country: American Samoa
Status: Designated
Status Year: 1973
Green List: No
Governance Type: Governance by Government
Ownership Type: State
Locally Managed: No
Reported Area: 6.750 km²
Point: No
No Take Status: All
No Take Area: 0.00 km²
Marine: Yes
Management Plan: Site-Specific Management Plan

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.