CLASSIFICATION OF THE NATURAL AREAS
According to the Act on nature conservation No. LIII. of 1996 the protected natural areas and assets can be classified - on the basis of the extent of the conservation, their aims and their national and international importance - as followings:
A.) PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS AND ASSETS OF NATIONAL INTEREST
1. Natural areas protected by a specific law
- national park
- landscape protection area
- nature conservation area
- natural monument
Categories of Protection
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December 31, 2019 |
hectares |
sites |
National parks |
480 697.9 |
10 |
Landscape protection areas |
336 874.9 |
39 |
Nature conservation areas |
31 453.3 |
172 |
Natural monuments |
122.5 |
90 |
Total |
849 148.6 |
311 |
2. Ex lege protected natural areas
a.) all qualified as nature conservation area
- mires
- alkaline lakes
b.) all qualified as natural monument
- kurgans
- earth fortifications
- springs
- sinkholes
3. Ex lege protected natural assets
- caves
B.) PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF LOCAL INTEREST
- nature conservation area
- natural monument
Hectares: 42,142
Sites: 1,806
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