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List of protected areas of Croatia

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The main protected areas of Croatia are national parks, nature parks and strict reserves. There are 444 protected areas of Croatia, encompassing 9% of the country. Those include 8 national parks in Croatia, 2 strict reserves and 11 nature parks. The most famous protected area and the oldest national park in Croatia is the Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Velebit Nature Park is a part of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme. The strict and special reserves, as well as the national and nature parks, are managed and protected by the central government, while other protected areas are managed by counties. In 2005, the National Ecological Network was set up, as the first step in preparation of the EU accession and joining of the Natura 2000 network.[1]

The total area of all national parks in the country is 994 km2 (384 sq mi), of which 235 km2 (91 sq mi) is sea surface. Each of the national parks is maintained by a separate institution, overseen and funded by the government ministry of nature conservation and spatial development. The State Institute for Nature Protection provides centralized oversight and expertise.

National parks edit

All eight national parks are located in karst area.

 #  Name Image Area Website Established in
 1  Plitvice Lakes   296.9 km2 (114.6 sq mi)[2] www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr 1949
 2  Paklenica   95.0 km2 (36.7 sq mi)[3] np-paklenica.hr/en/ 1949
 3  Risnjak   63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi)[4] www.np-risnjak.hr 1953
 4  Mljet   5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)[5] www.np-mljet.hr 1960
 5  Kornati   217 km2 (84 sq mi)[6] www.np-kornati.hr/en/
www.np-kornati.hr 		1980[6]
 6  Brijuni   33.9 km2 (13.1 sq mi)[7] www.np-brijuni.hr/en 1983
 7  Krka   109 km2 (42 sq mi)[8] www.np-krka.hr/en/ 1985
 8  Sjeverni Velebit   109.0 km2 (42.1 sq mi)[9] www.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr 1999

Nature parks edit

 #  Name Image Established in Website
1. Kopački rit   1967 www.kopacki-rit.com
2. Papuk   1999 www.pp-papuk.hr
3. Lonjsko polje   1990 www.pp-lonjsko-polje.hr
4. Medvednica   1981 www.pp-medvednica.hr
5. Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje   1999 www.park-zumberak.hr
6. Učka   1999 www.pp-ucka.hr
7. Velebit   1981 www.pp-velebit.hr
8. Vrana lake   1999 www.pp-vransko-jezero.hr/en/
9. Telašćica   1988 www.telascica.hr
10. Biokovo   1981 www.biokovo.com
11. Lastovsko otočje   2006 pp-lastovo.hr
12. Dinara   2021 mingor.gov.hr/vijesti/proglasen-park-prirode-dinara/8034

Strict reserves edit

Special reserves edit

There are 80 special reserves in Croatia:[10]

  • 37 forest vegetation reserves
  • 22 ornithological reserves
  • 9 botanical reserves
  • 2 ichthyological reserves
  • 2 ichthyological and ornithological reserves
  • 2 zoological reserves
  • 2 sea reserves
  • 1 geological and paleontological reserve
  • 1 paleontological reserve
  • 1 geographical and botanical reserve
  • 1 botanical and zoological reserve

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jasminka Radović; Kristijan Čivić; Ramona Topić, eds. (2006). Biodiversity of Croatia (PDF). State Institute for Nature Protection, Ministry of Culture (Croatia). ISBN 953-7169-20-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Osnovni podaci". NP Plitvice Lakes (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  3. ^ "About the Park". NP Paklenica. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. ^ "General info". risnjak.hr. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^ "About national park". NP Mljet. Archived from the original on 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  6. ^ a b "History of Kornati NP". www.np-kornati.hr. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  7. ^ "Geographic position". NP Brijuni. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  8. ^ "National Park Krka". npkrka.hr. Archived from the original on 2004-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  9. ^ "About the park". NP Sjeverni Velebit. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  10. ^ "Other protected areas". Nature protection web portal. Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection (Croatia). Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-05-15.

External links edit

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