Latvia

1186
Total Protected Areas
7 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
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

18.5% Coverage

11,936km2 Land area covered

64,533km2 Total land area

17.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

1.07% With management effectiveness evaluations

688km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

16.43% Coverage

4,657km2 Marine and coastal area covered

28,336km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0.32% With management effectiveness evaluations

91km2 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. Common Database on Designated Areas 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. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
  4. HELCOM Baltic Sea Protected Areas (BSPA) Updated: 2020 Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission), Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160, Helsinki, Finland
  5. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB

Designations

  • 62.82%
  • 36.59%
  • 0.59%

National designations

745
  • National Park 4
  • Protected Landscape Area 9
  • Biosphere Reserve 1
  • Strict Nature Reserve 4
  • Nature Monument 319
  • Protected Marine Area 7
  • Nature Reserve 335
  • Micro-reserve 24
  • Nature Park 42

Regional designations

434
  • Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) 7
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 329
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 98

International designations

7
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 6
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1

Other designations

0

    citation

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