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 (; abbr. NP)
- Protected Landscape Area (Chránená krajinná oblasÃ
Â¥; ChKO)
- National Nature Reserve (Národná prÃÂrodná rezervácia; NPR)
- Nature Reserve (PrÃÂrodná rezervácia; PR)
- National Nature Monument (Národná prÃÂrodná pamiatka; NPP)
- Nature Monument (PrÃÂrodná pamiatka; PP)
- Protected Site (Chránený areál; ChA)
- Protected Landscape Element (Chránený krajinný prvok; ChKP)
- Protected Bird Area* (Chránené vtáÃÂie územie; ChVÃÂ) *Technically Special Protection Area (SPA) under the EU Bird's Directive
- Protected Tree (Chránený strom; ChS)
National Parks
Protected Landscape Areas
Other
For the list of National Nature Reserves, Nature Reserves, National Nature Monuments, Nature Monuments, and Protected Sites, see the State Inventory of Specially Protected Parts of Nature and Landscape
For the list of Protected Trees, see enviroportal.sk .
National Nature Reserves
Protected Sites
History
Between the years 1994 â 2006 the following Protected Sites were cancelled:
- CHA ÃÂervený rak
- CHA Hradná zeleÃ
Â
- CHA Koliba
- CHA Mirovského záhrada
- CHA NemocniÃÂný park
- CHA VeÃ
¡eléniho záhrada
- CHA Vodárenská zeleÃ
Â
- CHA Záhrada na Búdkovej
- CHA ZeleÃ
 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.
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