The protected areas of Puerto Rico include an array of natural areas in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, managed by a number of agencies and entities belonging to both federal and commonwealth government bodies. Although Puerto Rico has no natural units in the National Park System, the biodiversity of the island is recognized and protected through a national forest, a national wildlife refuge, a national wilderness, and numerous state parks (called national parks in Puerto Rico), nature reserves, state forests, wildlife preserves and other designations on state, municipal and public-private administration levels.
Federal level
National Estuarine Research Reserves
Jobos Bay
National Forests
El Yunque
National Natural Landmarks
Baño de Oro Natural Area
Cabo Rojo
Mona and Monito Islands
Puerto Mosquito
Río Abajo State Forest
National Wild and Scenic Rivers
Icacos
La Mina
Mameyes
National Wilderness Preservation System
El Toro
National Wildlife Refuge
Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge spanning Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Navassa Island with the following units in Puerto Rico: Cabo Rojo Culebra Desecheo Laguna Cartagena Vieques
Commonwealth level
Conservation Easement Sites ()
Centro Espíritu Santo
El Rabanal
El Tambor
Foreman Conservation Easement
Gulín Farm
Ledesma Moulier Farm
María Luisa Farm
Montes Oscuros
Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest
Picaflor Conservation Easement
Siembra Tres Vidas
Conservation Zones
Puerto Rico karst
Northern karst
Southern karst
Marine Reserves
Desecheo Island Coastal Waters Marine Reserve
Isla Verde Reef Marine Reserve
Tres Palmas Marine Reserve
Nature Reserves ()
Aguas Buenas Cave System
Belvedere Farm (part of Boquerón State Forest) Caja de Muertos Caño La Boquilla Caño Martín Peña Nature Reserve Caño Tiburones Cayo Ratones (part of Boquerón State Forest) Cialitos River Nature Reserve Cibuco Swamp Condado Lagoon Cueva del Indio Espíritu Santo River Nature Reserve Guayama Reef Hacienda La Esperanza Nature Reserve Humacao Nature Reserve Joyuda Lagoon (part of Boquerón State Forest) La Cordillera Reef La Parguera (part of Boquerón State Forest) Las Cabachuelas Caves Las Cabezas de San Juan Las Cucharillas Swamp Las Piedras del Collado Luis Peña Channel Mata de Plátano Field Station Mona and Monito Islands Nature Reserve Northeast Ecological Corridor Seven Seas Farm Planadas-Yeyesa Nature Reserve Playa Grande El Paraíso Pterocarpus Forest of Humacao Punta Ballenas Nature Reserve (part of Guánica State Forest) Punta Cucharas Punta Petrona Nature Reserve Punta Tuna Mangrove Punta Vientos Wetland Punta Yeguas San Juan Ecological Corridor Cupey Arboretum Doña Inés Mendoza Urban Forest Los Capuchinos Forest New Millennium State Forest Old Piedras River Aqueduct University of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden Tortuguero Lagoon Tourmaline Reef Vieques Bioluminescent Bay (Puerto Mosquito)
Protected Natural Areas ()