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TCI Protected Areas

In 1992, a total of 33 Protected Areas were set aside for the conservation and preservation of the Turks and Caicos Islands' natural resources. The sites were chosen for outstanding natural and cultural attributes and designated as National Parks, Nature Reserves, Sanctuaries and Historic Sites.

Environmentally, Protected Areas preserve a mosaic of natural marine, wetland and terrestrial habitats, which in turn protect the plants and animals that exist within them. Economically, protecting habitats and the resources they provide ensures long-term financial sustainability.

 “For Chalk Sound National Park we are of the view that the negative impacts of further residential development around the periphery of the national park (waste management, effluent, landscaping, runoff, jetties, boat traffic) is likely to significantly alter the ecology of this site, particularly given the limited nature of water exchange between it and the open sea,” Nautilus Consultants Ltd. said in a September 2006 report to the Turks and Caicos Islands government.