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The main protected areas of Croatia are
national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
s, nature parks and strict reserves. There are 444 protected areas of
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, encompassing 9% of the country. Those include 8 national parks in Croatia, 2 strict reserves and 11
nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...
s. The most famous protected area and the oldest
national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
in Croatia is the Plitvice Lakes National Park, a
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. 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 Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respecti ...
network. The total area of all national parks in the country is , of which 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
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area.


Nature parks


Strict reserves

* Bijele and Samarske stijene * Hajdučki and Rožanski kukovi


Special reserves

There are 80 special reserves in Croatia: * 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

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Register of Protected Natural Values of the Republic of Croatia The Register of Protected Natural Values of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Upisnik zaštićenih prirodnih vrijednosti) has been created according to the ''Nature Protection Act'' (Croatian ''Zakon o zaštiti prirode'') in 2005 (Ch. III/5, OG 70/05 wi ...
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Natural and Cultural Heritage of Croatia The natural and cultural heritage of Croatia ( hr, Prirodna i kulturna baština Republike Hrvatske) comprises sites, monuments, goods and species of particular importance to the Republic of Croatia which are protected by national law. The Croatian c ...
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List of World Heritage Sites in Croatia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Croatia, follow ...


References


External links

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Croatia - National parks
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