• CSV
  • SHP
  • File Geodatabase
  • PDF

Download Options

Commercial Use Meaning any use by or for a commercial entity, whether revenue-generating or not, or any use that generates revenue for any type of entity. Further details here. For commercial use, please visit IBAT.
Non Commercial Use Download data from Protected Planet.

Italy

3955
Total Protected Areas
26 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%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
ON
Map Disclaimer
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

21.55% Coverage

64,813km2 Land area covered

300,752km2 Total land area

21.00% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

1.44% With management effectiveness evaluations

4,318km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

10.71% Coverage

57,471km2 Marine and coastal area covered

536,463km2 Total marine and coastal area

19.10% 6th National Report coverage

PAME

0.06% With management effectiveness evaluations

316km2 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

SeriesChart100%Chart created using amCharts library

Governance types

SeriesChart100%Chart created using amCharts library

Sources 10

  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. Protected Areas of Italy Updated: 1995 Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Italian Environment Ministry
  4. Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance Updated: 2020 Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
  5. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  6. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
  7. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  8. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2003 UNESCO-MAB
  9. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2006 UNESCO-MAB
  10. 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

  • 22.12%
  • 76.11%
  • 1.77%

National designations

875
  • National Park 26
  • Natural Marine Reserve and Natural Protected Marine Areas 29
  • Other Protected Natural Regional Areas 171
  • State Nature Reserve 148
  • International significance Natural Marine Area 1
  • Others 2
  • Regional/Provincial Nature Park 133
  • Regional/Provincial Nature Reserve 365

Regional designations

3010
  • Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 58
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 2302
  • Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention) 11
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 639

International designations

70
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 56
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 8
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 6

Other designations

0

    citation

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

    Downloads
    Citation

    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.