Protected areas of Norway
- Protected areas of Norway
Protected areas of Norway include:
* National parks of Norway
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About 14.3 percent of the mainland of Norway is protected. Of this, ca. 8.3 percent is national parks, 1.3 percent is nature reserves and 4.7 percent otherwise protected. [cite web |url=http://www.miljostatus.no/templates/themepage____2258.aspx |author=Unknown |title=Vernet natur. Miljøstatus Norge. |date=2007 |language=Norwegian]
IUCN aims to protect at least 15 percent of all types of nature. Norway has planned protection of new areas before 2010 that totals to 15 percent of the mainland.
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