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Spain

4131
Total Protected Areas
211 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
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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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

28.15% Coverage

142,437km2 Land area covered

506,022km2 Total land area

27.30% 0th National Report coverage

PAME

2.54% With management effectiveness evaluations

12,859km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

12.76% Coverage

128,607km2 Marine and coastal area covered

1,007,603km2 Total marine and coastal area

8.00% 0th National Report coverage

PAME

0.06% With management effectiveness evaluations

648km2 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 17

    1. European inventory of Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA) as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2024 European Environment Agency (EEA)
    2. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
    3. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
    4. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
    5. Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance Updated: 2020 Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
    6. Protected Areas and OECMs of Morocco Updated: 2024 Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (HCEFLCD)
    7. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
    8. OSPAR Marine Protected Areas Network Updated: 2021 OSPAR Commission, Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA, UK
    9. Comunidade do Monte Veciñal en Man Común de Froxán Updated: 2017 Secretary of the Comunidade do Monte Veciñal en Man Común de Froxán
    10. Comunidade de Montes Veciñais en Man Común de Santiago de Covelo Updated: 2017 Comunidade de Montes Veciñais en Man Común de Santiago de Covelo
    11. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2006 UNESCO-MAB
    12. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: - UNESCO-MAB
    13. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2007 Dept of G & W
    14. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2003 UNESCO-MAB
    15. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC
    16. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2005 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (19th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris
    17. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2004 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (18th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris

    Designations

    • 44.88%
    • 52.14%
    • 2.93%
    • 0.05%

    National designations

    1854
    • Microreserve 48
    • Biosphere Reserve 1
    • Ecological corridor 4
    • Nature Reserve (Parcial) 64
    • Wetland Site 48
    • Natura 2000 298
    • Ecocultural corridor 1
    • Cave 134
    • Marine Reserve 12
    • Protected Landscape 67
    • Natural Area (singular) 5
    • Private Area (Ecological interest) 1
    • Nature enclave 28
    • Nature Reserve 114
    • Nature Place (Local Interest) 79
    • Natural Area (recreational) 2
    • Nacional Park 16
    • Natural Monument 301
    • Area of regional interest 4
    • Protected Wetland 5
    • Periurban Protected Area 21
    • Nature Reserve (Integral) 19
    • Animal Refuge 1
    • Fluvial Reserve 5
    • Rural Park 7
    • Natural Area of Special Interest 3
    • Marine Protected Area 2
    • Nature Reserve (Management) 3
    • Natural Monument (National Interest) 1
    • Site of scientific interest 91
    • Nature Reserve (Wildlife) 15
    • Periurban Park 13
    • Singular tree 46
    • Nature Reserve (Special ) 17
    • Regional Park 12
    • Integral Reserve 3
    • Protection Plan 184
    • Natural Park 134
    • Nature Place (National Interest) 7
    • Nature Place 33
    • Site of national interest 5

    Regional designations

    2154
    • Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 15
    • Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 166
    • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 1302
    • Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention) 9
    • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 662

    International designations

    121
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 75
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 40
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 6

    Other designations

    2
    • ICCA 2

    citation

    UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Spain from the World Database on Protected Areas, April 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], April 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.