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Slovakia

1997
Total Protected Areas
30 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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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

37.49% Coverage

18,379km2 Land area covered

49,026km2 Total land area

23.30% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

22% With management effectiveness evaluations

10,786km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0% Coverage

0km2 Marine and coastal area covered

0km2 Total marine and coastal area

0.00% 5th National Report coverage

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 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. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB

Designations

  • 59.94%
  • 39.06%
  • 1%

National designations

1197
  • Buffer Zone of a Protected Site 7
  • Nature Reserve / Private Nature Reserve 421
  • Protected Site / Private Protected Site 190
  • National Nature Reserve 165
  • Protected Landscape Area; second level of protection 14
  • Buffer Zone of the National Park; second level/grade of protection 9
  • Nature Monument / Private Nature Monument 264
  • National Nature Monument 55
  • Buffer Zone of a National Nature Reserve, Nature Reserve, National Nature Monument, Nature Monument; 62
  • Protected feature 1
  • National Park; third level of protection 9

Regional designations

780
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 739
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 41

International designations

20
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 14
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 4
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

Other designations

0

    citation

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