Suriname

The numbers

• Forest cover, whole country: 94.4% of land (2023, World Bank — national, not basin-only)
• Land area, whole country: 160,508 km² (2023)
• Population, whole country: 639,850 (2025)
• Protected areas in the basin: 18, 26,043 km² by GIS area (overlapping designations are summed, not dissolved)
• Indigenous territories in the basin: 0, 0 km² by GIS area
• Distinct illegal-mining scars centred inside any of its 18 page areas: 10

As of 2026-08-23. Species-at-risk counts and live alert/fire totals are on the dashboard's country card.

Under the most pressure

• Brownsberg Nature Reserve — 8 mining scars
• Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve — 2 mining scars

Protected areas (18)

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 16,041 km²
• North Saramacca — Multiple Use Management Area · 1,864 km²
• North Commewijne + Marowijne — Multiple Use Management Area · 1,863 km²
• Bigi Pan — Multiple Use Management Area · 1,170 km²
• Sipaliwini Reserve — Nature Reserve · 760 km²
• North Coronie — Multiple Use Management Area · 751 km²
• Kaboeri creek Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 731 km²
• Wia Wia Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 688 km²
• Wane creek Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 479 km²
• Nanni Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 364 km²
• Upper Coesewijne Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 300 km²
• Copie Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 276 km²
• Peruvia Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 237 km²
• Coppename mouth Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 211 km²
• Brownsberg Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 141 km²
• Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 68 km²
• Mac Clemen — Forest Reserve · 66 km²
• Snake creek Nature Reserve — Nature Reserve · 32 km²

See it live

• Open the live map — alerts, fires, mining and the 12-month timeline
• Open the 3D globe — click Suriname for its stat card with Red-List species

Elsewhere

• Live dashboard — the 2D map with every layer and the 12-month timeline
• Earth Explorer — the 3D globe and curated places
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