Protected areas of Slovenia include one national park (), three regional parks (), several natural parks (), and hundreds of natural monuments () and monuments of designed nature (). They cover about 12.5% of the Slovenian territory. Under the Wild Birds Directive, 26 sites totalling roughly 25% of the nation's land are "Special Protected Areas"; the Natura 2000 proposal would increase the totals to 260 sites and 32% of national territory.
On 1 January 2012, there were 1276 natural monuments in Slovenia.