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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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November 23, 2009 |
| hectares |
sites |
| National parks |
482,582.7 |
10 |
| Landscape protection areas |
335,096.7 |
38 |
| Nature conservation areas |
29,573.4 |
160 |
| Natural monuments |
0.0 |
1 |
| Total |
847,252.8 |
209 |
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: 46,807
Sites: 1,953
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