List of protected areas of Croatia

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The main protected areas of Croatia are national parks, nature parks and strict reserves. There are 444 protected areas of Croatia, encompassing 9% of the country. Those include 8 national parks in Croatia, 2 strict reserves and 11 nature parks. The most famous protected area and the oldest national park in Croatia is the Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Velebit Nature Park is a part of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme. The strict and special reserves, as well as the national and nature parks, are managed and protected by the central government, while other protected areas are managed by counties. In 2005, the National Ecological Network was set up, as the first step in preparation of the EU accession and joining of the Natura 2000 network.<ref name="MCult-Biodiversity">Template:Cite book</ref>

The total area of all national parks in the country is Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is sea surface. Each of the national parks is maintained by a separate institution, overseen and funded by the government ministry of nature conservation and spatial development. The State Institute for Nature Protection provides centralized oversight and expertise.

National parks

All eight national parks are located in karst area.

#	Name	Area	Website	Established in
1	Plitvice Lakes	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1949
2	Paklenica	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1949
3	Risnjak	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1953
4	Mljet	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1960
5	Kornati	Template:Convert<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1980<ref name=":0" />
6	Brijuni	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1983
7	Krka	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1985
8	Sjeverni Velebit	Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Url	1999

Nature parks

#	Name	Area	Website	Established in
1	Kopački Rit	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1967
2	Medvednica	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1981
3	Velebit	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1981
4	Biokovo	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1981
5	Telašćica	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1988
6	Lonjsko Polje	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1990
7	Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1999
8	Učka	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1999
9	Papuk	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1999
10	Vrana lake	Template:Convert	Template:Url	1999
11	Lastovsko otočje	Template:Convert	Template:Url	2006
12	Dinara	Template:Convert	Template:Url	2021