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]

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The total area of all national parks in the country is 930 km2 (359 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

All eight national parks are located in karst area.

 # NameImageAreaWebsiteEstablished in
 1  Plitvice Lakes Plitvice Lakes National park.jpg 296.9 km2 (114.6 sq mi) [2] np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/en/ 1949
 2  Paklenica Paklenica Buljma.jpg 95.0 km2 (36.7 sq mi) [3] np-paklenica.hr/en/ 1949
 3  Risnjak Source of the Kupa River in Risnjak National Park.jpg 63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi) [4] www.np-risnjak.hr/en// 1953
 4  Mljet Goli.jpg 53 km2 (20 sq mi) [5] www.np-mljet.hr 1960
 5  Kornati Otok Mana.jpg 217.0 km2 (83.8 sq mi) [6] www.np-kornati.hr/en/ 1980 [6]
 6  Brijuni Brijuni 20180401.jpg 33.9 km2 (13.1 sq mi) [7] www.np-brijuni.hr/en 1983
 7  Krka Krk waterfalls.jpg 109.0 km2 (42.1 sq mi) [8] www.np-krka.hr/en/ 1985
 8  Sjeverni Velebit Lomska-Duliba Uvala NatPark-Velebit Dinarides Croatia.jpg 109.0 km2 (42.1 sq mi) [9] np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/ 1999

Nature parks

 # NameImageAreaWebsiteEstablished in
 1  Kopački Rit Magical sunset.jpg 231.0 km2 (89.2 sq mi) pp-kopacki-rit.hr?lang=en 1967
 2  Medvednica Medvednica, Zagrebacka zupanija.jpg 179.4 km2 (69.3 sq mi) www.pp-medvednica.hr 1981
 3  Velebit Park prirode Velebit - Krupa.jpg 2,270.0 km2 (876.5 sq mi) www.pp-velebit.hr 1981
 4  Biokovo 7. SKYWALK (BIOKOVO).jpg 193.0 km2 (74.5 sq mi) pp-biokovo.hr 1981
 5  Telašćica Andro Galinovic - Telascica 2.jpg 70.5 km2 (27.2 sq mi) pp-telascica.hr 1988
 6  Lonjsko Polje Lonjsko polje.jpg 506.5 km2 (195.6 sq mi) pp-lonjsko-polje.hr 1990
 7  Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Secret Factory For Making Candy Milky Way In MagicLand Slapnica.jpg 217 km2 (84 sq mi) www.park-zumberak.hr 1999
 8  Učka Pogled s ucke.jpg 160.0 km2 (61.8 sq mi) www.pp-ucka.hr 1999
 9  Papuk Slap skakavac - Papuk.jpg 336.0 km2 (129.7 sq mi) www.pp-papuk.hr 1999
 10  Vrana lake Lake Vrana (Cres) (25940706252).jpg 57.0 km2 (22.0 sq mi) www.pp-vransko-jezero.hr 1999
 11  Lastovsko otočje Skrivena luka, Lastovo.jpg 196.0 km2 (75.7 sq mi) pp-lastovo.hr 2006
 12  Dinara Dinara central.jpg 630.5 km2 (243.4 sq mi) www.parkovihrvatske.hr/park-prirode-dinara 2021

Strict reserves

Special reserves

There are 80 special reserves in Croatia: [10]

See also

References

  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 the park". Official website. NP Mljet. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. 1 2 "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.
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