MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - BANGLADESHboblme.reefbase.org/pdf/Marine Protected Areas - Bangladesh.pdf · Sundarbans (10km Periphery) St. Martin's Island Char Kukri-Mukri Nijhum Dweep

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Sundarbans (10kmPeriphery)

St. Martin's Island

CharKukri-Mukri

NijhumDweep

“Middle ground and southpatches” of Bay of Bengal

SonarChar

Sundarbans(Reserved Forests)

Sundarbans WestSundarbans

South

Sundarbans EastTeknafECA

Sonadia Island

Kua-Kata

Tengragiri

Bay ofBengal

BANGLADESH

MYANMAR

INDIA

94° E

94° E

93° E

93° E

92° E

92° E

91° E

91° E

90° E

90° E

89° E

89° E

88° E

88° E

23° N

23° N

22° N

22° N

21° N

21° N

20° N

20° N

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - BANGLADESH

INDIANOCEAN

Bay ofBengal

SouthChinaSea

ArabianSea

JavaSea

AndamanSea Gulf of

Thailand

LaccadiveSea

Cambodia

China

Bhutan

Lao

NepalPakistan

Singapore

Viet Nam

Bangladesh

Myanmar

SriLanka

India

MaldivesMalaysia

Thailand

Indonesia

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Coordinate System: GCS WGS 1984Datum: WGS 1984

Data sources:Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): VLIZ (2012) Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 7

Coral Reefs: UNEP-WCMC (2010) Global Distribution of Coral Reefs

Mangroves: Spalding et. al (2010) World Atlas of Mangroves

Seagrass: UNEP-WCMC, Short FT (2005) Global distribution of seagrasses.

Bathymetry: The GEBCO_08 Grid, version 20100927, http://www.gebco.net

Marine Protected Areas: Compiled from various sources including ReefBase, BOBLME (2011), MoEF (2013), Banglapedia (2013) and WDPA (2013) by WorldFish up to October 2013

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LegendBay of BengalLarge Marine Ecosystem BoundaryAdministrative BoundaryExclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

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Marine Protected Area(Unknown Boundaries)Marine Protected Area(Polygon)

Coral ReefsSeagrassMangroves

Date: 27 Mar 2014