Table 3.

Distribution of protected areas by IUCN protected area management category in WCPA regions.

region		Ia	Ib	II	III	IV	V	VI	no category
North America	area	80 469	478 492	1 681 824	73 688	647 266	144 212	1 131 604	670 609
no. of sites	845	701	1362	595	1338	2082	1287	5204
Caribbean	area	168	90	24 087	460	31 221	3711	24 005	4666
no. of sites	11	18	164	38	284	38	192	228
Central America	area	9180	165	31 180	5475	13 628	1462	43 532	48 293
no. of sites	16	1	95	49	198	5	100	213
South America  (Brazil)	area	82 769	—	159 742	2809	5091	134 233	183 251	866 172
no. of sites	180	—	177	5	259	115	67	477
South America  (Hispanic)	area	11 833	1925	520 550	110 389	89 661	113 405	536 993	1 020 111
no. of sites	58	28	222	80	154	164	254	691
Europe	area	56 331	37 146	101 043	4344	74 994	293 411	21 924	148 673
no. of sites	1465	508	265	3444	15 310	3010	203	19 453
Western and  Central Africa	area	17 801	11 384	342 195	4 393	379 902	214	106 705	489 254
no. of sites	19	7	90	5	124	1	46	2291
Eastern and  Southern Africa	area	2946	1260	509 651	155	272 038	15 558	530 362	620 976
no. of sites	22	7	218	24	481	29	224	3087
North Africa and  Middle East	area	6652	48	229 808	12 448	101 624	108 881	776 049	67 537
no. of sites	29	2	72	50	274	157	28	635
North Eurasia	area	350 676	24	95 471	29 028	1 056 633	15 054	95 724	391 712
no. of sites	195	—	66	11 324	5 267	407	54	406
South Asia	area	2672	201	72 294	—	179 368	4608	24 244	73 924
no. of sites	31	1	139	—	658	11	11	627
East Asia	area	63 908	46 449	105 900	20 323	5938	1 631 329	58 660	30 643
no. of sites	43	34	78	34	121	2146	77	732
South East Asia	area	25 072	25 343	205 195	4035	138 877	26 806	197 908	203 584
no. of sites	287	12	254	68	199	169	830	833
Australia/ New Zealand	area	216 679	39 383	309 644	33 152	251 100	21 662	593 162	2864
no. of sites	2137	38	681	3948	1653	216	489	388
Pacific	area	3524	576	6837	723	4368	11 089	346 600	45 553
no. of sites	27	—	31	24	77	20	54	193
Antarctic	area	67 735	—	599	—	365	—	—	1534
no. of sites	88	—	3	2	23	5	1	4