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Nature reserves increased by 461 km2
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2009-04-06T10:00:00.000Z
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Protected areas, 31 December 2008

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Nature reserves increased by 461 km2

Preliminary numbers show few changes in protected area in 2008. National parks still constitute more than 50 per cent of Norway’s protected area, but nature reserves had the highest increase both in number and area.

A total of 47 145 km2, or almost 15 per cent of Norway’s mainland area, was protected by the end of 2008. National parks constituted more than 50 per cent of this area. The largest change was found among nature reserves, with a total increase of 461 km2.

Over the last decades there has been an increasing pressure on natural areas, with fragmentation and size reduction as results. The Nature Conservation Act is an important tool for the authorities in safeguarding a diversity of habitats and landscapes for the future.

Protected areas by conservation form. Km2. 31 December 2008

Protected areas by conservation form. 31 December 2008
  Number of protected areas Area (including freshwater). km2 Per cent of Norway1 Per cent of protected area
Total 2 491 47 143 14.6  100
National parks 29 26 774 8.3 57
Landscape protected areas2  184 15 217 4.7 32
Nature reserves 1 872 4 726 1.5 10
Other protections3  406  426 0.1 1
1  Mainland excluding Svalbard, areas on Svalbard are protected according to the Svalbard law and are not included in the sum figures
for protected areas.
2  Areas with flora- or fauna protections are also included.
3  Include flora and fauna protection areas (biotop protections), nature relics with an area protection and biotops protected by
the Act relating to Salmonids and Fresh-water Fish and the Wildlife Act.

See also:

State of the Environment in Norway: http://www.environment.no/

The Nature Conservation Act: http://www.lovdata.no/

The Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority: http://www.statkart.no/

The Directorate for Nature Management: http://www.dirnat.no/

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: http://www.iucn.org/

Area - theme page: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/01/01/areal_en/