Albania, Europe

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Number of Protected areas

805

2 with management effectiveness evaluations

Polygons/Points ratio

8% Polygons

92% Points

Number of sources

For International designations 2
For National designations 1
For Regional designations 1
TOTAL 4

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

17.74% coverage

5,099 km2 Land Area Protected

28,747 km2 Total Land Area

16% 5th National Report Coverage

0.89% with management effectiveness evaluation

45.148125 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine

2.72% coverage

304 km2 Marine Area Protected

11,199 km2 Total Marine Area

14.09% with management effectiveness evaluation

42.88914 km2 Area Assessed

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IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ia 2 0.25
II 15 1.86
III 748 92.92
IV 25 3.11
V 5 0.62
VI 4 0.5
Not Reported 4 0.5
Not Applicable 1 0.12
Not Assigned 1 0.12

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 56 6.96
Not Reported 749 93.04

National designations

6

Categories Count
National Park (category II) 15
Managed Nature Reserve (category IV IUCN) 24
Strict Nature Reserve (category I) 2
Resource Reserve (category VI) 4
Protected Landscape (category V IUCN) 5
Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) 749

Regional designations

1

Categories Count
Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention) 1

International designations

2

Categories Count
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 4