Table 9.14 - International designated areas and national parks in Europe
Source: Multiple sources compiled by EEA-TF
Note: The figures are totalled directly from the data supplied by the organisations responsible for the relevant conventions based on national data.
Nation Barcelona Convention Biogenetic Reserves Biosphere Reserves Bird Directive European Diploma Ramsar Convention National parks Total area (ha) Num
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berAlbania 1800 2                     9600 6 Austria     192496 54 27600 4     46300 2 102541 7 197183 3 Belarus         253301 2             87607 1 Belgium     7242 17     431306 36 3988 1 7945 6     Bulgaria         32116 17         2097 4 294349 11 Croatia         150000 1         80455 4 69420 7 Cyprus 2668 2 3550 2                     Czech Republic         299921 5         18109 4 111120 3 Denmark             960092 111     734468 27     Estonia         1560000 1         48634 1 176922 4 Finland         350000 1         101343 11 699590 24 France 265532 68 43395 35 646583 8 660940 91 274075 6 422585 8 352598 6 Germany     677 1 1158149 12 841588 214 60934 8 672852 31 699902 10 Greece 24151 8 22272 16 8840 2 191637 26 4850 1 104400 11 68742 10 Hungary         128884 5         114862 13 159139 5 Iceland                     57500 2 180100 3 Ireland     6906 14 8808 2 5991 21     13035 21 36798 5 Italy 26040 10 33568 37 3807 3 310378 74 77478 5 56950 46 852248 14 Latvia                     43200 3 92048 1 Lithuania                         132900 5 Luxembourg     75 1     709 5 38880 1 1837 4     FYROM                         85588 2 Malta 5 2 11 2             11 1     The Netherlands     270379 18 260000 1 306935 13 4400 1 314928 15 73690 11 Norway     1568523 11 1555000 1         16256 14 2328110 20 Poland         359277 7         7141 5 164758 17 Portugal     45642 8 395 1 332344 36 269 1 30563 2 71422 1 Romania         614268 3         647000 1 408300 12 Russia         1594726 10     84996 2 858000 2 1968000 18 Slovak Republic         197166 4         1855 4 199724 5 Slovenia                     650 1 84805 1 Spain 21045 6     859827 13 2398910 140 79899 3 102205 17 132478 10 Sweden     1152491 43 96500 1     460540 4 382750 30 632418 16 Switzerland     11446 9 16870 1     16870 1 7049 8 16887 1 Turkey 50685 3 12624 2           1     108133 9 Ukraine         159585 3         211051 3 169803 3 UK     7990 18 44258 13 260475 76 216753 5 215277 57 1393067 11 former Yugoslavia 68282 10     200000 1         18094 2 237673 9                               Europe
Total460208 111 3379287 288 10585881 122 7444596 843 1370232 41 5395643 365 12268122 264 World
Total657000 132 3379287 288 169633411 311 7444596 843 1370232 41 36000000 632 358868900 1483