vPark Pirode Biokovo - Croatia - Makarska

The Natural Park Biokovo lies within the following boundaries: along the road from the Dubci pass on the Adriatic highway to Novaki, then along the foot of the steep slope to the hamlet of Bartulovići, then to the village of Topići and north of the quarry to the old village of Bast, across Smokvina to the source of the Jablan, then off along the route from Žlib hamlet-Veliko brdo to the village of Makar and under the steep slope of the village of Kotišina, to the hamlet of Potpeć-Tučepi, then along the foot of the steep slope to the edge of Staza Wood, after that along the...

Wahner Heide (Heath) - Germany - Troisdorf

100 breeding bird species, more than 2500 species of beetles, more than 700 species on the Red List - the Wahner Heide with its 5000 acre reserve can be regarded as the richest Nature Reserve of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

Warta Mouth National Park - Poland - Sulęcin County

Formed in 2001 Warta Mouth National Park covers a surface of 8074 hectares. It lies neare the Polish-German border, in a fragment of Toruń-Eberswald proglacial stream valley, the so called Gorzów Valley. Flat, wide terrains of the Park are situaded within the lower bench of Warta River. The Warta River flowing through the middle of the Park is a natural border between two areas, Northern Polder and the floodland. The floodland is a semi-natural area in which annual water level fluctuations may reach up to 4 meters with its maximum in the spring months (March and April). The...

Weissensee - Austria - Techendorf

The nature park Weissensee lies embedded between the valleys of the rivers Drau and Gail in the southwest of Carinthia. Two thirds of the lakeside, situated 930m above sea level, are still not built upon. A particularity of the region is the missing of a road connection between the western and eastern shores. Nature lovers can cross the lake by ship, or circle around it by bicycle and on foot. Due to favorable climate conditions a great variety of flora is given.  

Westweg - Germany - Dobel

Several days of hiking through the Schwarzwald from Pforzheim to Basle (Switzerland). On the hike along the Enztal to Dobel you'll be seeing bogs, the Wildsee (lake) and Hornsee (lake). Further you'll reach the top of the Hohloh (Mountain with a Bog-lake). Other destinations are Murgvalley, Hornisgrinde, Kinzigtal and Hausdach. The whole route is about 279 km, it is part of the european long distance paths   

Wigry National Park - Poland - suwalski

Wigry National Park is located in the north-east part of Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. Its northern part lies within the East Suwalki Lakeland, while the southern part within the Augustow Plain. The Park was established in 1989 over the area of 14,956 ha. Currently, its area is 15,086 ha and includes 9,464 ha of forests, 2,908 ha of waters, and 2,714 ha of other, mostly agricultural land (2,229 ha). 623 ha which consists of 120 ha of forests are strictly protected. Agriculturally managed areas are encompassed by landscape protection.

Wildnispark Zürich - Switzerland - Horgen

The Sihlwald is a forest where logging has been stopped since 2000. In addition, dead wood is not removed, therefore, the natural succession can be studied. The park offers a well maintained system of hiking trails, a restaurant and a playground for kids. 

Wolin and Uznam - Poland - Police County

River estuaries are always sites valuable for nature. The same can be said about the Odra estuary. The area is characterized by the rich lay of the land formed by withdrawing continental glacier. It has high natural value and is in great part protected as the Wolinski National Park. This is a habitat of many species of fauna and protected plants with many objects of inanimate nature. Wolin and Uznam islands are considered valuable site of community importance within the European Natura 2000 Network. Ecosystem Rich and diverse ecosystem of the islands consist of: flat and low area of a...

Wzgorza Bukowe - Poland - Szczecin

Puszcza Bukowa (The Beech Primeval Forest) is a natural object unique in interregional scale mostly because of huge area of very diverse beech forests. Due to a rich lay of the land, fertility of habitats and long tradition of protection of the object - forests in the area have natural character. In local landscape much lesser role than forest habitats play agricultural lands (fields, arable green lands and orchards). Wzgorza Bukowe have been taken under protection with regard to habitats mentioned in 1 Appendix of the Habitats Directive. Ecosystem Whole range of forest communities with...

Zalew Wislany and Mierzeja Wislana - Poland - Krynica Morska

Zalew Wislany and Mierzeja Wislana refuge protects richness of flora and fauna species connected with water-swamp habitats and coastal dunes. 18 habitats specified in 1 Appendix of the Habitats Directive can be identified within the area of the site. The refuge lies on the way of spring and autumn passages of thousands of birds which rest here. Grey seal - rare guest at Polish coast - appears here regularly. Ecosystem The refuge is dominated by water habitats which cover more than 70% of its area. In shallow waters occur various communities of water and marsh vegetation. The rushes create...

Zasavica - Special Nature Reserve - Serbia - Zasavica I

The Reserve stretches along 33.1 km long Zasavica River. The area is dominated by a riverine biotope, surrounded by the mosaic of aquatic and wetland ecosystems with fragments of flooded forests. The slow flowing Zasavica river is fed by underground aquifers and with a depth of up to 2.5 m, it supports abundant marsh vegetation mostly reed Phragmites sp. and bulrush Typha sp. The site is surrounded by agricultural land, and remnants of forest remain (oak Quercus, ash Fraxinus, poplar Populus and willow Salix). SNR “Zasavica” is famous as one of the centres for the conservation...

Zatoka Pucka and Polwysep Helski - Poland - Jastarnia

The refuge which encompasses the Puck Bay and the Hel Peninsula is the area of special natural, cultural and landscape qualities, which have been developed under influence of the sea. Big and shallow Zatoka Pucka is one of few such places in Poland. Special attention should be paid to rich and diverse communities of vegetation, as well as grey seals and harbour porpoises which appear here quite often. Zatoka Pucka and Polwysep Helski is the Site of Community Ecosystem A dominating element of the refuge is Zatoka Pucka waters, which covers 80% of the area. Fauna of the region is...

Zemaitija National Park - Network Natura 2000 - Lithuania - Plungė

The borough of Plateliai, first mentioned in the 15th century, also includes Žemaitija national park, brimming with aspects of Lithuania’s heritage – traditions, old architecture, local culinary, handicrafts, and the customs of that region. The Žemaitija national park is the land of the ethnic group Samogitians. The region borders the lake that gives the area its name – the deepest and largest in Žemaitija. The individual interactions with stakeholders are propagated as an effective form to promote conservation of biodiversity and to solve the specific cases related...

Zillertaler Alpen - Austria - Mayrhofen

This Nature Park is embedded in the high mountain landscape of the Central Alps in the furthest most remote part of the Zillertal, on the border of South Tyrol and Salzburg. The park creates a more peaceful zone compared to the higher developed parts of the Zillertal region. Over an area double the size of the country of Liechtenstein are mountain peaks, glaciers, juicy alms, mountain meadows and rare swiss stone pine woods.  

Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen - Austria - Neumarkt in der Steiermark

Embedded in a mountain wreath which encloses the region like a precious stone there lies the Nature Park Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen. With romantic villages and idyllic pond sceneries and marshy landscapes the scenery stamped from the last ice age offers a special resting place of nature. The new basic idea of the region is called “Learn to read Nature”, which invites people to find out about the secrets of nature and asks to look more exactly, to understand and use it. 

Zona umida Valfloriana - Italy - Valfloriana

Questo biotopo, sito Natura 2000, ospita un gran numero di specie animali e vegetali rarissime e presenta un elevato grado di naturalità originaria, ovvero possiede integrità e continuità ecologiche. Per la sua dislocazione geografica, è un territorio ancora scarsamente antropizzato e perciò poco alterato dalle attività umane. Vi si rinvengono una ventina di torbiere che ospitano un gran numero di specie vegetali rare, tra cui Drosera intermedia, Vaccinium oxycoccus e Carex pauciflora che possono essere considerati relitti glaciali. I...

Zumberak-Samoborsko gorje - Croatia - Žumberak

The area of Žumberak and the Samoborsko gorje (Samobors’s surrounding hills) was designated a nature park as a protected natural resource by the Act of the Croatian parliament on 28th May, 1999. A nature park is a vast wild or partly cultivated area of countryside and/or sea, ecologically valuable on international or national level with important countryside, educational, cultural, historical, tourist and recreational resources. Žumberak - Samoborsko gorje Nature Park covers around 333 km². Its basic aim is to protect and promote environmental and cultural beauties and resources...