List of Marine protected areas in India – updated

List of Marine protected areas in India – updated. How many marine protected areas in India. These places are given special protections for natural or historic marine resources by local, state, territorial, native, regional, or national authorities.

Valuable biodiversity saved by these places all over India.These areas provide suitable conditions to unique marine life. Name of marine protected area, location, category, area and year of notification is given below…..

Marine Protected Areas

A marine protected area is essentially a space in the ocean where human activities are more strictly regulated than the surrounding waters – similar to parks we have on land. These places are given special protections for natural or historic marine resources by local, state, territorial, native, regional, or national authorities.

Other Protected areas in India (Click for the details)

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List of Marine Protected Areas in peninsular India is as follows……….

 *excluding small island MPAs of Andaman and Nicobar Island

List of Marine Protected Areas in Islands of India

Citation: Saravanan, K. R., K. Sivakumar and B.C. Choudhury, 2011. Status of Marine and Coastal environments and developing a Marine Protected Area Network in India. Wildlife Insitute of India. Dehradun. Pp 334.