Protected areas of

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

are areas that need protection because of their environmental, historical or cultural value to the nation. Protected areas in Slovakia are managed by institutions and organizations governed by the Ministry of the Environment. Types of protected areas: *National Park ( sk, Národný park; abbr. NP) *Protected Landscape Area (''Chránená krajinná oblasť''; CHKO) *National Nature Reserve (''Národná prírodná rezervácia''; NPR) *Nature Reserve (''Prírodná rezervácia''; PR) *National Nature Monument (''Národná prírodná pamiatka''; NPP) *Nature Monument (''Prírodná pamiatka''; PP) *Protected Site (''Chránený areál''; CHA) *Protected Landscape Element (''Chránený krajinný prvok''; CHKP) *Protected Bird Area* (''Chránené vtáčie územie''; CHVÚ) *Technically Special Protection Area (SPA) under the EU Bird's Directive *Protected Tree (''Chránený strom''; CHS)

National Parks

Protected Landscape Areas

* Little Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Malé Karpaty'') * White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Biele Karpaty'') * Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Cerová vrchovina'') *

Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Dunajské luhy; literally Danube Floodplains PLA) is one of the youngest of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area consists of five separate parts ...

(''CHKO Dunajské luhy'') *

Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Horná Orava) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. It is situated in the Námestovo and Tvrdošín districts, within the Orava region. History The park ...

(''CHKO Horná Orava'') *

Kysuce Protected Landscape Area Kysuce Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Kysuce) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. It is made of two separate parts, the Javorníky mountains in the west, and Kysucké Beskydy mountains in the east, ...

(''CHKO Kysuce'') * Latorica Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Latorica'') *

Poľana Protected Landscape Area Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Poľana) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, ...

(''CHKO Poľana'') *

Ponitrie Protected Landscape Area Ponitrie Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Ponitrie) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Tribeč and Vtáčnik mountains, in western Slovakia. It is situated in t ...

(''CHKO Ponitrie'') * Strážov Mountains Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Strážovské vrchy'') * Štiavnica Mountains Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Štiavnické vrchy'') *

Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Vihorlat) is one of 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is in the middle part of the Vihorlatské vrchy mountains, in eastern Slovakia. It is in the Hu ...

(''CHKO Vihorlat'') * East Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Východné Karpaty'') * Záhorie Protected Landscape Area (''CHKO Záhorie'')

Other

For the list of National Nature Reserves, Nature Reserves, National Nature Monuments, Nature Monuments, and Protected Sites, see th
State Inventory of Specially Protected Parts of Nature and Landscape
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National Nature Reserves

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Devínska Kobyla Devínska Kobyla (; hu, Dévényi-tető; german: Thebener Kogel) is the highest peak in the Devín Carpathians, part of the Little Carpathians mountain range, and the highest point of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located between the ...

* Morské oko * Strážov *

Stužica Stužica is a uniquely preserved and undisturbed primeval beech forest of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in Slovakia and borders with Poland and Ukraine. The forest has been protected since 1908 and in 1993 the area was upgraded to ...

Protected Sites * Okšov oaks

History

Between the years 1994 – 2006 the following Protected Sites were cancelled: * CHA Červený rak * CHA Hradná zeleň * CHA Koliba * CHA Mirovského záhrada * CHA Nemocničný park * CHA Vešeléniho záhrada * CHA Vodárenská zeleň * CHA Záhrada na Búdkovej * CHA Zeleň pri vodárni The CHKO Malé Karpaty was reduced with the ''Sitina'' part no longer protected. In the same time-frame a new Protected Landscape Area was created, the

References

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