Statistics of the PA

STATISTICS OF THE PROTECTED AREAS CATEGORIES

Categorie

Amount

Area(ha)

Part of country

are (%)

 State Strict Reserves

6

18772,09

0,29

     Nature

3

18406,72

0,28

     Culture

2

245,85

0,004

 Small Strict Reserves

1

119,52

0,002

 Reserves

390

156114,88

2,39

State Reserves

279

143229,46

2,19

          Landscape

46

43998,12

0,67

          Geological

10

629,95

0,01

          Geomorphological

38

21653,81

0,33

          Hydrographical

34

12858,29

0,20

          Pedological

11

1272,06

0,02

          Botanical

32

5097,63

0,08

          Zoological

29

15681,91

0,24

ornitological

10

2897,37

ichthyological

9

12178,17

terriological

1

8,00

herpetological

3

123,62

entomological

6

474,75

          Botanical-zoological

27

17947,50

0,27

          Telmological

51

24090,20

0,37

          Talasological3

1

14027,10

-

Municipal Reserves

111

12885,42

0,20

          Landscape

20

5303,89

0,08

          Geomorphological

4

574,49

0,01

          Hydrographical

3

332,61

0,01

          Botanical

33

2816,24

0,04

          Zoological

26

1529,74

0,02

ornitological

12

821,82

terriological

12

490,47

herpetological

1

0,33

entomological

1

217,12

          Botanical-zoological

23

2253,50

0,03

          Telmological

2

74,95

0,001

 Recuperational plots

3

875,42

0,01

 State parks

35

593700,35

9,09

     National Parks4

5

144338,50

2,21

     Regional Parks5

30

449361,85

6,88

 Biosphere Reserves

1

18489,69

0,28

 Biosphere polygons2

28

233518,73

3,58

TOTAL: 

1021471,16

15,64

 1 Area of protected areas was calculated using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software

 2 Area of the State reserves which where in biosphere polygons was excluded from biosphere polygons area
 3 Marine Reserve. Area of marine Reserve was excluded from total area of protected areas
 4 Part of Curonian Split National Park that are on Baltic sea was excluded from total area of protected areas (12508,53 ha)
 5 Part of Pajuris Regional Park that are on Baltic sea was excluded from total area of protected areas (3144,12 ha)

Last updated: 06-12-2023