Netherlands

464 Total Protected Areas

0 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

22.48% Coverage

7,914km² Land Area Protected

35,206km² Total Land Area

22% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

0.0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km² Areas Assessed

Marine Protected Areas Coverage

26.86% Coverage

17,247km² Marine and Coastal Area Protected

64,205km² Marine Area Protected

19% 5th National Report Coverage

PAME

0.0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km² 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. II 21, 4.53% View list
2. IV 161, 34.7% View list
3. Not Reported 268, 57.76% View list
4. Not Applicable 2, 0.43% View list
5. Not Assigned 12, 2.59% View list

Governance types

Federal or national ministry or agency 412 View list
Not Reported 47 View list
Collaborative governance 5 View list

Sources (6)

Waddensea Updated: 1997 Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Virchowstr. 1 D-26382 Wilhelmshaven Germany
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2020 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
Common Database on Designated Areas as provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) Updated: 2020 European Environment Agency (EEA)
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

194

National Park 21
Nature Conservation Act 161
Nature Reserves Owned By Professional Nature Management Organizations 12

Regional designations

223

Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 140
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 5
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 78

International designations

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 1
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 1
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 45

Growth in protected area coverage

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

Netherlands Protected Areas

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Waddensea Area

Groote Peel

Weerribben

citation

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