2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas of Ecuador

Information extracted from the July 2018 WDPA release

This list was compiled from data based on the July 2018 version of the WDPA. In addition to protected areas with spatial data in the WDPA, the 2018 version of the UN List includes sites for which no spatial data is available but which have been provided by the relevant country. Management effectiveness information is extracted from GD-PAME. Both databases are updated and released via www.protectedplanet.net on a monthly basis. The depiction and use of boundaries and related data shown on maps are not guaranteed to be error free nor do they necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Designation Type/ Designation in English / Name of Protected Areas Status Year of designation Area (km2) IUCN category PAME methodology Year of PAME assessment
International
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
Abras de Mantequilla Designated 2000 225.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Complejo de Humedales Ñucanchi Turupamba Designated 2006 122.90 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Complejo LLanganti Designated 2008 303.55 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Humedales del Sur de Isabela Designated 2002 8.72 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Isla Santay Designated 2000 47.05 Not Reported Not Reported 0
La Segua Designated 2000 18.36 Not Reported Not Reported 0
La Tembladera Designated 2011 14.71 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Laguna de Cube Designated 2002 1.13 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Manglares Churute Designated 1990 350.42 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Manglares del Estuario Interior del Golfo de Guayaquil Designated 2012 153.37 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Parque Nacional Cajas Designated 2002 294.77 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Isla Santa Clara Designated 2002 0.46 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Reserva Biológica Limoncocha Designated 1998 46.13 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Reserva Ecológica de Manglares Cayapas-Mataje Designated 2003 448.47 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Reserva Ecológica El Ángel Designated 2012 170.03 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Sistema Lacustre Lagunas del Compadre Designated 2012 239.52 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Sistema Lacustre Yacuri Designated 2012 277.62 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Zona Marina Parque Nacional Machalilla Designated 1990 144.30 Not Reported Not Reported 0
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Archipielágo de Colón (Galápagos) Designated 1984 147618.44 Not Applicable Not Reported 0
Bosques de Paz Designated 2017 16169.88 Not Applicable Not Reported 0
Macizo del Cajas Designated 2013 441.56 Not Applicable Not Reported 0
Podocarpus-El Condor Designated 2010 2284.65 Not Applicable GOBI Survey 2006
Reserva de la Biósfera de Yasuni Designated 1989 5000.00 Not Applicable Not Reported 0
Sumaco Designated 2000 2052.49 Not Applicable GOBI Survey 2006
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Galápagos Islands Inscribed 1978 140665.14 Not Applicable MPA MEE; WHA Outlook Report 2003; 2014
Sangay National Park Inscribed 1983 2719.25 Not Applicable WHA Outlook Report 2014
National
Biological Reserve
Cerro Plateado Designated 2010 266.69 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Colonso Chalupas Designated 2014 931.63 Not Reported Not Reported 0
El Cóndor Designated 1999 79.04 Not Reported Not Reported 0
El Quimi Designated 2006 90.27 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Limoncocha Designated 1985 36.93 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Community Protected Area
Tambillo Designated 2018 19.55 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Ecological Area of Conservation
La Bonita Designated 2017 531.37 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Ecological Reserve
Antisana Designated 1993 1205.81 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 2004
Arenillas Designated 2012 131.70 Not Reported METT 2009
Cofán Bermejo Designated 1987 550.26 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cotacachi Cayapas Designated 2017 2609.61 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT 1999; 2013
El Ángel Designated 1992 159.75 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT 1999; 2005
Los Ilinizas Designated 1996 1342.33 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT 1999; 2009
Mache Chindul Designated 1996 1199.94 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Manglares Cayapas Mataje Designated 2004 564.20 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT 1999; 2009
Manglares Churute Designated 2001 500.70 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Fauna Production Reserve
Chimborazo Designated 2010 526.83 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT 1999; 2005
Cuyabeno Designated 1999 5949.50 Not Reported Birdlife IBA; Ecuador MEE; METT 1990; 1999; 2009
Manglares El Salado Designated 2017 155.36 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Puntilla De Santa Elena Designated 2008 524.35 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Geobotanical Reserve
Pululahua Designated 1985 34.42 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Marine Reserve
Bajo Cope Designated 2016 399.52 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cantagallo - Machalilla Designated 2015 1422.66 Not Reported Not Reported 0
El Pelado Designated 2012 131.55 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Galápagos Designated 1998 126972.09 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; WWF/CATIE 1999; 0
Galera San Francisco Designated 2009 546.89 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Municipal Ecological Conservation Area
Siete Iglesias Designated 2012 160.29 Not Reported Not Reported 0
National Park
Cajas Designated 2003 293.89 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Cayambe Coca Designated 2010 4082.85 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 2005; 2004
Cotopaxi Designated 1996 322.72 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 2004
Galápagos Designated 1996 7890.88 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; Galapagos MEE; MPA MEE 1999; 2004; 0
Llanganates Designated 1996 2199.19 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 2004
Machalilla Designated 1994 585.00 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; METT; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 2009; 1992
Podocarpus Designated 1983 1384.93 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; PIP Site Consolidation 1999; 1992
Rio Negro Sopladora Designated 2018 306.16 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Sangay Designated 2004 4866.13 Not Reported Ecuador MEE; Enhancing Our Heritage 1999; 2003
Sumaco Napo-Galeras Designated 1994 2061.62 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Yacuri Designated 2010 430.91 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Yasuní Designated 1992 10300.70 Not Reported Birdlife IBA; Ecuador MEE; GOBI Survey 1990; 1999; 2006
National Recreation Area
El Boliche Designated 1996 3.95 Not Reported Ecuador MEE 1999
Isla Santay Designated 2010 22.15 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Los Samanes Designated 2012 8.52 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Parque Lago Designated 2003 21.49 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Playas De Villamil Designated 2011 24.78 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Quimsacocha Designated 2012 32.17 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Wildlife Refuge
El Pambilar Designated 2010 31.09 Not Reported Not Reported 0
El Zarza Designated 2011 36.96 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Isla Santa Clara Designated 2016 376.48 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Islas Corazón y Las Islas Fragatas Designated 2012 28.12 Not Reported Not Reported 0
La Chiquita Designated 2003 8.12 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Manglares El Morro Designated 2007 118.07 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Manglares Estuario del Río Esmeraldas Designated 2008 2.43 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Manglares Estuario del Río Muisne Designated 2017 922.46 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Pacoche Designated 2014 315.18 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Pasochoa Designated 1996 6.19 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Samama Mumbes Designated 2016 21.46 Not Reported Not Reported 0