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Austria

1678
Total Protected Areas
4 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 99%
Points 1%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
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The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

• 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

29.63% Coverage

24,868km2 Land area covered

83,937km2 Total land area

27.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

0.56% With management effectiveness evaluations

472km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0% Coverage

0km2 Marine and coastal area covered

0km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 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 9

  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. Außengrenzen der Ramsargebiete in Niederösterreich Updated: 2017 Niederösterreich government
  4. Naturschutz - RAMSAR-Gebiet Updated: 2017 Land Oberösterreich
  5. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  6. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
  7. Wilderness Area Sulzbachtäler Updated: 2019 Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism
  8. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  9. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2005 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (19th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris

Designations

  • 74.26%
  • 24.2%
  • 1.55%

National designations

1246
  • Landscape Protection Area 276
  • National Park 22
  • Rest Area 10
  • regional protected areas 10
  • Protected Natural Objects of local importance 18
  • Ecological Development Area 3
  • Biosphere Park 12
  • Nature Reserve 492
  • Wilderness Area 1
  • protected biotopes 3
  • Flora Protection Area 5
  • Nature Park 51
  • special conservation areas 8
  • landscape and nature protection area 4
  • Protected Habitat 6
  • Protected Landscape Section 325

Regional designations

406
  • Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 58
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 248
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100

International designations

26
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 23
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 2
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

Other designations

0

    citation

    UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Austria 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.