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Croatia, Europe

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Number of Protected areas

1,194

Polygons/Points ratio

100%

Polygons

0%

Points

Number of sources

For International designations 3
For National designations 1
For Regional designations 1
TOTAL 5

Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial

38.17%

coverage

21,703.95 km2

Land Area Protected

56,855.9 km2

Total Land Area

Area marine

8.54%

coverage

4,736.5 km2

Marine Area Protected

55,462.4 km2

Total Marine Area

Warning: 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. Learn how we calculate protected area coverage statistics

IUCN Management categories

Management categories Count %
Ib 2 0.17
II 8 0.67
III 83 6.95
IV 77 6.45
V 94 7.87
Not Reported 784 65.66
Not Applicable 2 0.17
Not Assigned 144 12.06

Governance types

Name Governance type Count %
Federal or national ministry or agency 1187 99.41
Not Reported 7 0.59

National designations

9

Categories Count
National Park 8
Natural Monument 81
Nature Park 11
Regional Park 2
Special Reserve 77
Forest Park 26
Significant Landscape 82
Strict Reserve 2
Horticultural Monument 119

Regional designations

2

Categories Count
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 741
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 38

International designations

3

Categories Count
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 5
World Heritage Site 1