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Belgium

2660
Total Protected Areas
162 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 100%
Points 0%
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• Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
• Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
• A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

16.28% Coverage

4,989km2 Land area covered

30,637km2 Total land area

12.77% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

7.36% With management effectiveness evaluations

2,256km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

38.31% Coverage

1,345km2 Marine and coastal area covered

3,512km2 Total marine and coastal area

35.85% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

0.85% With management effectiveness evaluations

30km2 Areas assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

IUCN Management Categories

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Governance types

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Sources 5

  1. European inventory of Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA) as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2024 European Environment Agency (EEA)
  2. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  3. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  4. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
  5. OSPAR Marine Protected Areas Network Updated: 2021 OSPAR Commission, Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA, UK

Designations

  • 79.4%
  • 20.23%
  • 0.38%

National designations

2112
  • Flemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region) 229
  • Forest Reserve (Walloon Region) 20
  • Military zones (Flemish Region) 9
  • Nature management plan type 3 (Flemish Region) 281
  • Regional Nature Reserve (Flemish Region) 42
  • Scientific Interest Site (Walloon Region) 153
  • Forest Reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 2
  • Nature management plan type 4 (Flemish Region) 485
  • Certified Forest Reserve (Flemish Region) 5
  • National park - core area 2
  • Protected zone in the forest (Brussels Capital Region) 4
  • State Nature Reserve (Walloon Region) 271
  • Protected Dunes (Flemish Region) 104
  • Certified Nature Reserve (Walloon Region) 200
  • Regional nature reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 13
  • Nature management plan type 2 (Flemish Region) 248
  • Certified Nature Reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 3
  • Certified Nature Reserve (Flemish Region) 24
  • Extended forest management plan (Flemish Region) 5
  • Forest Reserve (Flemish Region) 12

Regional designations

538
  • Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 2
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 281
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 255

International designations

10
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 9
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

Other designations

0

    citation

    UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Belgium from the World Database on Protected Areas, March 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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    UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], March 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.