Area of specially protected natural territories by category
The total area of nature reserves and other protected zones in the country from 2019 to 2023 is distributed by territory type. Rows reflect SPNAs of federal, regional, and local significance, as well as state nature reserves. The data shows the share of protected lands at each management level and how the total area coverage changed over these five years
- Specially protected natural territories of federal, regional and local significance, at end of reporting year; thousand ha
- Specially protected natural territories of federal significance — specially protected natural territories of regional and local significance
- Specially protected natural territories of regional and local significance — specially protected natural territories of regional significance
- Federal, regional and local protected natural areas, at the end of the reporting year; thousand ha — federal protected natural areas
- Specially protected natural territories of regional significance — state nature reserves (zakazniks)
- Specially protected natural territories of regional significance — specially protected natural territories of local significance
- Specially protected natural territories of regional significance — other categories of specially protected natural territories of regional significance
- Specially protected natural territories of federal significance — state nature reserves (zapovedniks)
- Federal protected natural areas — national parks
Chart of the area of specially protected natural areas by category, 2019–2023
Who grew, who fell: 2019 → 2023
Set in numbers
The table holds 16 series, running from 2019 to 2023, 5 reporting periods. 80 values in total.
Between 2019 and 2023 “Specially protected natural territories of federal, regional and local significance, at end of reporting year; thousand ha” rose from 238,789 to 244,178 — 2.3%. The highest value in the series is 244,270 in 2022.
All table numbers are series: 16
How to read this table
Table rows are divided by jurisdiction: federal, regional, and local. Comparing them reveals the structure of the natural fund and the share of reserves within the total area of protected lands. Indicators are recorded at year-end, allowing for the tracking of changes in coverage area over the available period
What is visible in these numbers
The largest value belongs to “Specially protected natural territories of federal, regional and local significance, at end of reporting year; thousand ha” — 244,178; the smallest is “Regional protected natural areas — dendrological parks and botanical gardens” at 2. The gap between them is 122,089-fold.
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Period and application
The statistics cover the period from 2019 to 2023 and include data on all categories of specially protected natural areas. The information is updated annually and is useful for ecologists, natural resource management specialists, and anyone monitoring the state of Russia's natural fund
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