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Slovenia

2275
Total Protected Areas
19 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 62%
Points 38%
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Terrestrial and Inland Waters 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

40.53% Coverage

8,215km2 Land area covered

20,270km2 Total land area

13.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

9.65% With management effectiveness evaluations

1,956km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

2.88% Coverage

6km2 Marine and coastal area covered

209km2 Total marine and coastal area

0.40% 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 7

  1. European inventory of Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA) as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2024 European Environment Agency (EEA)
  2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  3. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  4. Natura 2000 Updated: 2024 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
  5. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB
  6. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve Updated: 2004 Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of the MAB Programme (MAB-ICC) (18th Sesssion), UNESCO HQ Paris
  7. UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves Updated: 2020 UNESCO-MAB and UNEP-WCMC

Designations

  • 84.04%
  • 15.6%
  • 0.35%

National designations

1912
  • National Park 1
  • Special Purpose Forest 171
  • Strict Nature Reserve 1
  • Specialy Protected Area 355
  • Nature Reserve 66
  • Natural Monument 1155
  • Landscape Park 44
  • Regional Park 3
  • Horticultural Monument 116

Regional designations

355
  • Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) 324
  • Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 31

International designations

8
  • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 3
  • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 3
  • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

Other designations

0

    citation

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