Lago de Sanabria Natural Park - Spanien - Galende

The great biodiversity is one of the main features of the ecosystem of the Lago de Sanabria Natural Park. Woods of oaks coexist with birches, willows, hollies and yews along with large extensions of scrubland. The abundance of lagoons, sources and streams allows the existence of peat bogs, a rarity in these latitudes. The fauna is varied: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), wolf (Canis lupus), partridge (Perdix perdix), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), otter (Lutrinae) and trout are some of the numerous species found in the park which are protected by law since...

Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros - Portugal - Porto de Mós

As serras de Aire e Candeeiros são o mais importante repositório das formações calcárias existente em Portugal e esta é a razão primeira da sua classificação como Parque Natural. Morfologia cársica, natureza do coberto vegetal, a rede de cursos de água subterrâneos, uma fauna específica, nomeadamente cavernícola, e intensa actividade no domínio da extracção da pedra são outros tantos aspectos que o diploma classificatório tenta preservar e...

Aargauer Auenpark - Schweiz - Rüfenach

Der Auenschutzpark Aargau vernetzt die noch vorhandenen Überreste der ehemals grossflächigen Auenlandschaften entlang Aare, Reuss, Limmat und Rhein. Dadurch entsteht auf mehr als vierzehn Quadratkilometern ein sicht- und erlebbares Netz von möglichst natürlichen Flusslandschaften, eingebunden in die gewachsene Umgebung des Wirtschafts- und Wohnkantons Aargau.      

Abant Lake Park - Türkei - Mudurnu

Abant lake surrounded by dense pine forests, Abant lake is fresh water lake is 1320 metres above sea level, with an area of 1.28 square kilometres and its lowest point is 18 m. A special fish species only seen in this region,it is Abant trout it is special fish.it is an endemic subspecies brook trout, Salmo trutta abanticus of the lake(Abant Alasi).If you like fishing there is small fee for fishing.In the forests around the lake offer an ideal habitat for deer, and special wildlife. Black Pine trees, Scots pine trees, oak trees, willow trees, hazelnuts and Strawberry trees are among the tree...

Abbotts Hall Farm - Network Natura 2000 - Großbritannien - West Mersea

Abbotts Hall Farm links together over 3,000 acres of wildlife-rich land along a 25 km stretch of the Essex coast.  The farm is situated on the Blackwater Estuary, an internationally important area for wildlife.  The 700 acre farm shows how sustainable coastal defences can lead to the creation of coastal marshes which are vital for the future of both wildlife and people.  This is a working farm where Essex Wildlife Trust is aiming to show how wildlife can flourish alongside profitable farming.  Natura 2000 site.

Aggtelek National Park - Ungarn - Aggtelek National Park

The Aggtelek National Park is situated in the north-eastern part of Hungary. It is the first national park in the country which was primarily created for protecting geomorphological formations;. surface karst phenomena and caves. It is also rich in cultural and natural values. 

Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve - Network Natura 2000 - Estland - Laeva

This Natura 2000 site looks after the management of floodplain graaslands via mowing on over 1000 ha., monitoring and surveillance over key spawning grounds for fish, regulation of movement in sensitive areas, development of tourism facilities, etc.

Alonnisos Park - Griechenland - Alonnisos

The National Marine Park of Alonnisos Northern Sporades was the first designated Marine Park in the country and is currently the largest marine protected area in Europe (approximately 2.260 Km2 ). Besides the sea area, the Park includes Alonnisos, six smaller islands (Peristera, Kyra Panagia, Gioura, Psathura, Piperi and Skantzoura), as well as 22 uninhabited islets and rocky outcrops. The area is of scientific, educational and culture interest, as a result of discoveries of both archaeological and historical monuments on the island, dating from the prehistoric, classical and...

Am Stettiner Haff - Deutschland - Ueckermünde

Im Nordosten des Landes, in direkter Nachbarschaft zur Republik Polen befindet sich dieser Naturpark. Er ist vor allem durch die natürlichen unverbauten Abschnitte der Haffküste sowie Haffwiesen, weite Waldkomplexe der Ueckermünder Heide, die Uecker- und Randow-Niederungen und die Brohmer Berge charakterisiert. Hier finden Naturliebhaber und gestresste Großstädter auch in der Hochsaison die ersehnte Ruhe. Als lohnende Ausflugsziele seien z.B. das „Ukranenland“ in Torgelow mit nachgebauten Häusern und Schiffen aus der Slawenzeit sowie der Botanische...

Ambition - Niederlande - Amsterdam

AMBITION - Amphibian Biotope Improvement in the Netherlands, ia a project focusing on the realisation of habitat improvement for threatened species in the easetrn region of the Netherlands.

Arboretum Aubonne - Schweiz - Aubonne VD

Durch das Arboretum fliesst die Aubonne, ein Wildbach vom Fusse des Jura SE von Bière. Sie nimmt im Bereich des Arboretums zwei Zuflüsse auf, den Toleure und die Sandoleyre. Der tiefste Punkt liegt auf rund 500 müM, der höchste um 670 müM. Die Nord-Süd-Orientierung des Arboretums erweist sich als sehr günstig für die Vegetation. Das Gelände ist an sich wenig stabil und durch Mulden und kleine Seitentäler charakterisiert. Die wechselnden Neigungen des Geländes, verbunden mit verschiedenartiger Besonnung, sind vorteilhaft für die...

Archipelago Sea - Network Natura 2000 - Åland - Brändö

The islands and islets (mostly granite) have been smoothened by continental ice. Between the islands long open sea areas and bays have formed in the numerous fracture zones of the bedrock. The human impact is an inseparable part of the Archipelago. Already during pre-historic times, the rich archipelago flora and fauna offered several alternative food sources for the first inhabitants of Finland after the Ice Age. Through repeated immigrations from the west in the Mid-dle Ages (1000-1300 AD) the people in the area are mainly of Swedish origin. Thus 80% of the people in the area are speaking...

Area Marina Capo Caccia - Isola Piana - Italien - Alghero

Il Parco e l'Area marina protetta ricadono interamente nel territorio di Alghero. Il Parco ha inizio a sud-est con la laguna del Calich per proseguire verso la costa, includendo il sistema del Monte Doglia, fino all’ampio golfo di Porto Conte che è protetto dai promontori di Punta Giglio e Monte Timidone-Capo Caccia. L'area marina protetta abbraccia il prospiciente tratto di mare, fino alla Punta Cristallo a nord-ovest. Il golfo di Porto Conte (il “porto delle ninfe” dei romani) è uno dei tratti di costa più belli dell’isola e per questo...

Area Marina Sinis - Mal di Ventre - Italien - Cabras

Nell’Area Marina Protetta “Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre” Da Su Siccu, verso l'estremità nel Golfo di Oristano, il paesaggio lagunare presenta una lingua sabbiosa che separa lo stagno di Mistras dal Mare Morto; dal promontorio di Capo San Marco il litorale diviene roccioso per poi degradare nel Mare Vivo, a San Giovanni di Sinis, e risalire con le pareti a falesia di Seu. Verso nord la costa si presenta con basse scogliere e lunghi arenili sabbiosi di quarzo, come Mai Moni, Mari Ermi e Is Aruttas, con cordoni dunali lungo il retroterra, coperto...

Avalon Wilderness Reserve - Kanada - Aquaforte

The Avalon Wilderness Reserve contains prime habitat for waterfowl, pitcher plants (the Province's floral emblem) and—in the woods—lichen known as "old man's beard." In addition to the caribou herd, the wildlife you might encounter there include moose, willow ptarmigan (known locally as "partridge"), and in the rivers, brook and brown trout, smelt, and landlocked salmon. Six scheduled salmon rivers have part or all of their drainage systems in the reserve—the Renews, Biscay Bay, Peter's, North Arm and Salmonier Rivers, and Northwest Brook. The reserve is...

Babia Góra National Park - Polen - Powiat Suski

Babia Góra is the highest peak of Western Beskidy. It is a homogeneous and isolated massif running along parallels. Characteristic, recognizable even from afar shape of the mountain with steep northern slopes, and flattened on large areas southern slopes is a result of the geological structure of the massif. Natural value of Babia Góra is very high, not only in the scale of Poland, but also from the international point of view. Due to this fact, it can be said that this area is triply protected: according to the Polish legislation it has a status of a national park, UE...

Babiogórski National Park - Polen - Powiat Bieszczadzki

Babiogórski National Park protects the main part of Babia Góra massif (1725), the highest peak in the Western Beskidy mountains. Primary divide separating the ridge of Babia Góra. Since the mountain is relatively high above the sea level, there are a total of five vegetation levels at Babia Góra, including the foothills, lower and upper hihg-mountain level, mountain pine and alpine. There are over 700 types of vascular plants at Babia Góra, including a number of rare species. The park symbol is a magnificient Laserpitium archangelica, which in Poland is...

Bagna Izbickie Nature Reserve - Polen - słupski

Bagna Izbickie spread over flat land. Seemingly there are ordinary meadows, not even worth visiting. Moreover, just beside we can find the Slowinski National Park so that Bagna Izbickie are overshadowed by this giant. However there are a few reasons to pay attention to this place. It was these particular values which made Bagna Izbickie one of the Sites of Community Importance within European Ecological Natura 2000 Network. The site encompasses areas very valuable in terms of nature - complexes of Atlantic moors with cross-leaved heath, transitional-peaty communities, bushes of sweetgale and...

Bagna Rozwarowskie - Network Natura 2000 - Polen - Kamień Pomorski

Bagna Rozwarowskie is one of refuges established in order to protect aquatic warbler - bird species in danger of extinction worldwide. Only quick protective steps shall help to preserve a very small population of the species, which in the West Pomerania region occur on the edge of its range. The refuge encompasses a fragment of marshy valley of the Grzybinca river estuary to Zatoka Cicha (the Silent Bay) which is a part of Zalew Kamienski (the Kamien Lagoon). The landscape is dominated by a river valley of little diverse land formation, cut by numerous drainage ditches. Within the refuge...

Baie de l'Aiguillon - Network Natura 2000 - Frankreich - L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer

La Baie de l’Aiguillon est donc à l’interface de deux écosystèmes : l’écosystème marin du Pertuis Breton et l’agro-écosystème du Marais Poitevin. Cette situation donne lieu à la confrontation des eaux continentales et marines, qui permet la mise en place de formations biologiques typiques des milieux estuariens ou des golfes fermés à la sédimentation très active.  Natura 2000 site.

Baixa Limia-Serra Do Xurés Nature Park - Spanien - Lobios

One of the great attractions of this park is its highly varied landscape. Its vegetation is influenced by its location between two large regions of European flora: the Eurosiberian, in the Atlantic province; and the Mediterranean in the Carpetan-Leonese province. For this reason the vegetation alternates between the broadleaf forests characteristic of humid climate zones, and evergreen forests. The inhabitants of the area use the land for grazing and producing fodder, in rotation with rye crops. 

Bajo Cinca y La Litera - Spanien - Fraga

Esta ruta conecta dos museos próximos, poniéndolos en relación con los paisajes humanizados y los modos de vida del entorno que han dado origen a sus piezas. Recorre dos comarcas del sureste de la provincia de Huesca, muy poco frecuentadas por el turismo masivo, que, sin embargo, deparan interesantes sorpresas naturales y arquitectónicas. Los desérticos llanos de Cardiel, con su mesetas arcillosas que sirvieron como escenario a numerosos spaguetti westerns, la insospechada riqueza vegetal de la Serreta Negra o las intrincadas orografías de la serra...

Balaton - Ungarn - Balatonszemes

An old dream of the Hungarian nature conservation came true in 1997: a protected ecological system embracing the adjoining area of the Balaton Uplands was established with the connection of the already protected areas which had been separate for a long time. The area of 56 997 hectares of the Balaton Uplands National Park mainly consists of these six landscape protection areas. Among its regions Kis-Balaton is also protected by the international Ramsar Convention, serving the protection of wetland habitats. Tihany Peninsula - as a recognition of its outstanding geological values and ...

Bayerischer Wald - Deutschland - Zwiesel

Da im Bereich des Naturparks alle Biotoptypen des Bayerischen Waldes vorkommen, blieb das breite Artenspektrum an Tieren und Pflanzen weitgehend erhalten. Zahlreiche Tier- und Pflanzenarten finden hier letzte Rückzugsgebiete. So leben hier z. B. noch der Fischotter, der Flussuferläufer und Flussperlmuscheln. Auch die Naturparkflora enthält etliche Kostbarkeiten wie z. B. den Ungarischen Enzian, seltene Orchideenarten und die Dreispaltige Binse.

Beskayalar Natural Park - Türkei - İzmit

The area of Beskaralar has a great scientific and educational importance because of the species of plants in the valleys. The 2500 hectares of forest surrounding the Sicakdere and Kirazdere rivers provide great trekking routes, and has many features to offer for a good sightseeing. The name Beskaralar, meaning Five Rocks, comes from the high rocks at the point where the rivers join. In the area, the vast selection of plant species includes black pine, badger tree, fir, beech, oak, hornbeam, silver birch, elm, lime, chestnut, ash, poplar, hellebore, plane, hazelnut, alder, cherry, black...

Beskids Landscape Park - Polen - Powiat Żywiecki

Little Beskids Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Beskidu Małego) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1998, covering an area of 257.7 square kilometres (99.5 sq mi). It lies within the Little Beskids mountain range. Its highest peak is Czupel, at 933 metres (3,061 ft). The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Silesian and Lesser Poland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Beskids_Landscape_Park  

Beskydy PLA - Tschechische Republik - Rosenau

Beskydy PLA was  designated for its unique natural  treasures, especially indigenous primeval forests with rare Carpathian fauna and flora, rich diversity of meadow coenosis, unique surface and also underground pseudokarstic phenomena and exceptional aesthetic qualities and diversity of rare landscape type shaped by man in coexistence with nature. The importance of Beskydy PLA is underlined by 42 small-scale protected areas designated on its territory,  by an extensive conservation area of natural water accumulation and last but not least  by its supraregional recreational...

Białowieża Forest - Polen - Gmina Białowieża

Białowieża Forest is a forest complex covering the area of 150 000 ha located on the both sides of the Polish-Belorussian border. Western part, situated in Poland, covers the area of 62 500 ha; eastern part, situated in Belarus, covers the area of 87 500 ha – and constitutes "Bieławieżskaja Puszcza" National Park. Luckily, the Białowieża Forest was protected as a royal hunting ground, and in 19th century as a hunting ground of Tsar, and due to that fact was under special protection – e.g. it was not subject to so called...

Bialogora - Polen - Powiat Pucki

Białogora is a less known summerresort than Dabki. Some large patches of natural, wild beaches are preserved in this region. You can find here such precious habitats like bog woodland and Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum. This region is protected within the Natura 2000 network as a Site of Community Importance. Bialogora is a region with unique environmental features like preserved forest and peat bog complexes, showing natural plant succession. Especially important are the assemblies of peat-bog plants with species like: sweetgale, cross-leaved heath, shoreweed, heath rush,...

Biebrza National Park - Polen - Powiat Moniecki

The Biebrza National Park is located in Northeast Poland, in the Podlaskie Voivodship. The northeastern boundary of the park is near the Belarus border.The Narew River and its confluence with the Biebrza River form the southern boundary. The park was established in 1993, and with a total area of 59 233 ha, it is the largest of the Polish national parks. The Park includes 15 547 ha of forests, 18 182 ha of agricultural land, and 25 494 ha of wetlands - the most valuable habitats of the park - the famous Biebrza marshes. The area of 3 936 ha is under strict protection ha including the...