Protected areas of Slovakia

Protected areas of Slovakia 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
Protected Landscape Area
National Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve
National Nature Monument
Nature Monument
Protected Site
Protected Landscape Element
Protected Bird Area* *Technically Special Protection Area under the EU Bird's Directive
Protected Tree

Protected Landscape Areas

Other

For the list of National Nature Reserves, Nature Reserves, National Nature Monuments, Nature Monuments, and Protected Sites, see the
For the list of Protected Trees, see .

National Nature Reserves

Protected Sites

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 Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area.