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Explore 12 protected areas in Maldives, rated across 10 categories

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve declared in 2020 spanning the Maldives southernmost Addu Atoll, protecting wetlands, mangroves, seagrass beds and reef systems including the Eydhigali Kilhi wetlands and Koa

Addu

A 404-hectare marine protected area in Baa Atoll declared in 2009, featuring manta ray cleaning stations, whale shark visits, healthy coral formations and a breeding ground for grey reef sharks.

Angafaru

A UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve declared in 2011, the first in the Maldives, encompassing the entire Baa Atoll. It protects reefs, lagoons and mangroves supporting globally significant manta ra

Baa Atoll

A 227-hectare protected coral reef (thila) in Haa Alif Atoll, conserving reef biodiversity in the northern Maldives.

Bilehdhoo Thila

Known as Addu Nature Park, a 771-hectare protected area on Hithadhoo combining one of the largest wetlands in the Maldives with the Koattey marine and mangrove zone, home to herons, egrets, Maldivian 

Eydhigali Kilhi and Koattey

An 82-hectare protected reef and sandbank (finolhu) system in Noonu Atoll conserving reef and lagoon habitat.

Foh Dhipparu

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve declared in 2020 covering the volcanic island of Fuvahmulah, unique in the Maldives for its freshwater lakes (Bandaara Kilhi and Dhadimagi Kilhi), wetlands, marshland and pe

Fuvahmulah

A protected mangrove and lagoon (koaru) system on Goidhoo, containing the largest mangrove forest in Baa Atoll and one of the largest mangrove ecosystems in the Maldives.

Goidhoo Koaru

A small but globally iconic marine protected area and core zone of the Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve, where seasonal monsoon currents funnel plankton into the bay drawing hundreds of manta rays and whal

Hanifaru

A protected island wetland and mangrove area on Kelaa in the northernmost Haa Alif Atoll, notable for the largest stand of small-leaved orange mangrove (kandoo) in the Maldives.

Kelaa Kandoofaa

A 494-hectare mangrove and wetland complex on Kendhikulhudhoo, one of the largest protected wetlands in the Maldives, hosting eight species of true mangroves and diverse waterbird life.

Kendhikulhudhoo Wetland

A 5,140-hectare marine protected area established in 2009 protecting the single largest known year-round whale shark aggregation in the Maldives, along with extensive coral reef habitat.

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