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|
|
|
|
|
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Bangladesh
|
Asia (excl. Middle East)
|
World
|
|
Total
Land Area (000 ha)
|
14400
|
2494475
|
13328979
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Protected Areas
|
|
Extent
of Protected Areas by IUCN Category (000 ha), 2003:
|
|
Nature
Reserves, Wilderness Areas, and
|
|
|
National
Parks (categories I and II)
|
X
|
89140
|
438448
|
|
Natural Monuments, Species
Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seascapes
(categories III, IV, and V)
|
66
|
57211
|
326503
|
|
Areas
Managed for Sustainable Use and
|
|
|
Unclassified
Areas (category VI & "other")
|
0
|
57878
|
692723
|
|
Total
Area Protected (all categories)
|
66
|
204229
|
1457674
|
|
Marine
and Littoral Protected Areas {a}
|
46
|
21995
|
417970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Protected
Areas as a Percent of Total
Land
|
|
|
Area,
2003 {b}
|
0.5
%
|
8.3
%
|
10.8
%
|
|
Number
of Protected Areas, 2003
|
11
|
5761
|
98400
|
|
Number
of Areas >1 00,000 ha, 2003
|
X
|
295
|
2091
|
|
Number
of Areas > 1 million ha, 2003
|
X
|
X
|
243
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wetlands
of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), 2002:
|
|
|
Number
of Sites
|
2
|
98
|
1179
|
|
|
Total
Area (000 ha)
|
606
|
5641
|
102283
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biosphere
Reserves, 2002:
|
|
|
Number
of Sites
|
X
|
55
|
408
|
|
|
Total
Area (000 ha)
|
X
|
X
|
439000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number and Status of Species
|
|
Higher
Plants
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2002
|
5000
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 2002
|
12
|
X
|
5714
|
|
Mammals
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2002
|
125
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 2002
|
23
|
X
|
1137
|
|
Breeding
Birds
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2002
|
166
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 2002
|
23
|
X
|
1192
|
|
Reptiles
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2003
|
112
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 2002
|
20
|
X
|
293
|
|
Amphibians
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2003
|
23
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 2002
|
X
|
X
|
157
|
|
Fish
|
|
|
Total
known species (number), 1992-2003
|
81
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
Number
of threatened species, 1992-2002
|
X
|
X
|
742
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal Trade in Selected Wildlife and CITES {c} Status
|
|
Year
CITES Ratified
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
International Legal Trade Reported by CITES, 2000 (number) {d}
|
|
|
Live
Lizards
|
X
|
40679
|
|
|
|
Live
Snakes
|
X
|
-42773
|
|
|
|
Live
Primates
|
X
|
-19366
|
|
|
|
Live
Parrots
|
89
|
-136381
|
|
|
|
Lizard
Skins
|
X
|
-435164
|
|
|
|
Snake
Skins
|
X
|
-1074698
|
|
|
|
Crocodile
Skins
|
X
|
147615
|
|
|
|
Wild
Cat Skins
|
X
|
-44221
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Footnotes:
|
|
a.
|
Marine
and littoral protected areas are not included in the "Total Area
Protected" above.
|
|
b.
|
Includes
IUCN categories I-V. Marine and littoral protected areas are excluded from
these totals.
|
|
c.
|
CITES
is an acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
|
|
d.
|
- Postive
numbers represent net imports; negative numbers represent net exports.
Regional figures are the sum of country-level trade statistics, therefore,
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