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PROTECTED AREAS CREATED OR EXPANDED WITH GCF SUPPORT (AS OF JUNE 2009)

Priority Area	Country	Protected Area	Hectares Protected
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Bolivia	Pilon Lajas Indigenous Reserve	183,500
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Brazil	Kayapó Indigenous Territories	10,500,000
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Brazil	State Forest of Amapá	2,369,400
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Brazil	Tumucumaque National Park	3,800,000
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Ecuador	Cofán Corridor	250
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Ecuador	Río Cofánes Territory	30,000
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Guyana	Southern Guyana Community-Owned Conservation Area	625,000
Amazonia High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Guyana	Upper Essequibo Conservation Concession	80,937
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Descobrimento National Park	10,505
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Parque Estadual do Alto Cariri	6,151
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Refúgio Mata dos Muriquis	2,723
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Rio dos Frades Wildlife Refuge	894
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Una Wildlife Refuge	23,400
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Una Biological Reserve*	7,100
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Paraguay	Ache Finca #470	4,760
Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot	Paraguay	San Rafael Conservation Area	6700
Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot	Brazil	Rio Negro State Park	78,303
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Biodiversity Hotspot	Chile	Valdivian Coastal Reserve	59,690
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Congo	Odzala National Park*	1,110,000
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Democratic Republic of Congo	Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve	487,500
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Democratic Republic of Congo	Kisimba-Ikobo Nature Reserve	97,000
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Democratic Republic of Congo	Maiko National Park	1,000,000
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Democratic Republic of Congo	Tayna Nature Reserve	90,025
Congo Forests High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Gabon	Langoue Ivindo National Park	329,010
Key Marine Area	Belize	Little Water Caye	20,000
Key Marine Area	Brazil	Corumbau Extractive Reserve/Abrolhos Marine National Park*	9,322,475
Key Marine Area	Colombia	Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary*	857,500
Key Marine Area	Indonesia	Togean Islands National Park	362,605
Key Marine Area	Kiribati	Phoenix Islands Protected Area	41,050,000
Key Marine Area	Mexico	Islas Marietas National Park	1,383
Key Marine Area	Mexico	Sierra de Vallejo Biosphere Reserve	62,067
Key Marine Area	Panama	Coiba National Park*	160,800
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Barasipo Community Marine Protected Area	353
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Barivuto Community Marine Protected Area	162
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Buni Community Marine Protected Area	143
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Dunde Community Marine Protected Area	105
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Iriri pasapasa Community Marine Protected Area	42
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Kekehe Community Marine Protected Area	272
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Koqu Rua Community Marine Protected Area	36
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Loduhokata Community Marine Protected Area	34
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Niumala Community Marine Protected Area	312
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Nusa Hope Mangrove Community Marine Protected Area	88
Key Marine Area	Solomon Islands	Rendova Harbor Community Marine Protected Area	400
Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot	Cambodia	Central Cardamom Protection Forest	402,000
Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot	Madagascar	Loky-Manambato Forest Station	72,000
Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot	Madagascar	Makira Forest Station	401,000
Madagascar & Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot	Madagascar	Menabe Forest Station	125,000
Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot	Costa Rica	Cerro Osa	650
Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot	Mexico	Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve	387,956
Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot	Mexico	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	56,700
Mesoamerica Biodiversity Hotspot	Mexico	Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve	476,971
New Guinea High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Papua New Guinea	Adelbert Mountains Community Reserves	6,572
New Guinea High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Papua New Guinea	YUS Conservation Area	76,000
North American Deserts High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area	Mexico	Espiritu Santo	10,000
Philippines Biodiversity Hotspot	Philippines	Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape	120,000
Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot	Fiji	Sovi Basin Conservation Area	20,421
Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot	Namibia	Sperrgebiet	2,599,952
Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot	South Africa	Namaqualand National Park*	7,896
Sundaland Biodiversity Hotspot	Indonesia	Batang Gadis National Park	108,000
Sundaland Biodiversity Hotspot	Indonesia	Harapan Rainforest	101,000
Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot	Colombia	El Paujil Nature Reserve	1,200
Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot	Peru	Abra Malaga Private Conservation Area	45
Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot	Peru	Cordillera Azul National Park	1,350,000
Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot	Peru	Hatum Queuña Quishuarani Private Conservation Area	449
Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot	Peru	Otishi National Park	709,347
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Biodiversity Hotspot	Ecuador	Awacachi Corridor	294
		TOTAL	79,775,078 hectares (197,044,444 acres)

* denotes a protected area expansion

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