Belgium

2059 Total Protected Areas

379 With management effectiveness evaluations

Terrestrial Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas

Other effective area-based conservation measures

0 Total Other effective area-based conservation measures

Polygons/Points ratio

Polygons 100%

Points 0%

Terrestrial Protected Areas Coverage

15.43% Coverage

4,733km² Land Area Protected

30,683km² Total Land Area

13% 6th National Report Coverage

PAME

12.6% With management effectiveness evaluations

3,867km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

36.65% Coverage

1,270km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

3,465km² Marine Area Protected

36% 6th National Report Coverage

PAME

0.19% With management effectiveness evaluations

7km² 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.

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IUCN Management Categories

1. IV 1077, 52.31% View list
2. V 1, 0.05% View list
3. VI 60, 2.91% View list
4. Not Reported 543, 26.37% View list
5. Not Applicable 1, 0.05% View list
6. Not Assigned 377, 18.31% View list

Governance types

Federal or national ministry or agency 2047 View list
Not Reported 10 View list
Collaborative governance 2 View list

Sources (5)

Common Database on Designated Areas as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2020 European Environment Agency (EEA)
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2020 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2020 IUCN World Heritage Programme
Natura 2000 Updated: 2020 Directorate-General for Environment (EU) via EEA
OSPAR Marine Protected Areas Network Updated: 2020 OSPAR Commission, Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA, UK

Designations

National designations

1511

State Nature Reserve (Walloon Region) 223
Regional Nature Reserve (Flemish Region) 70
Certified Nature Reserve (Walloon Region) 172
Scientific Interest Site (Walloon Region) 153
Certified Nature Reserve (Flemish Region) 358
Forest Reserve (Walloon Region) 19
Protected Dunes (Flemish Region) 104
Forest Reserve (Flemish Region) 62
Flemish Ecological Network (Flemish Region) 228
Certified Forest Reserve (Flemish Region) 16
Regional Nature Reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 13
Forest Reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 2
Military Zones (Flemish Region) 23
Protected Zone In The Forest (Brussels Capital Region) 4
Certified Nature Reserve (Brussels Capital Region) 3
Nature Management Plan Type 4 (Flemish Region) 8
Nature Management Plan Type 3 (Flemish Region) 13
Extended Forest Management Plan (Flemish Region) 5
Nature Management Plan Type 2 (Flemish Region) 35

Regional designations

538

Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 281
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 2
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 255

International designations

Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 9
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1

Growth in protected area coverage

The graph excludes status years with no information reported (STAT_YR = 0).

Belgium Protected Areas

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Hautes Fagnes

Kalmthoutse Heide

De Teut

citation

UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Belgium from the World Database of Protected Areas, October 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net