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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Protected areas
Topic: Nature and the environment
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Responsible division
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Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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A protected area is an area protected by the Nature Conservation Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Jan Mayen Act. Since 2006 areas protected according to the Wildlife act and the Act relating to Salmonids and Fresh-water Fish are also included.
The variables are number and area of protected areas according to delineations in protected area maps and administrative boundaries.
For 2008 areas protected under the Cultural Heritage Act are also included.
Since 2014: areas protected according to the Cultural Heritage Act are not included in the statistics.
From 2018: Statistics expanded to include protected sea areas, protected through the Nature Conservation Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Jan Mayen Act. Sea area is defined as all "salt water" (not land or freshwater) within Norway's territotorial waters
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Standard classifications
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Standard classification of protected areas:
- National parks, protected by the Nature Conservation Act.
- Landscape protection areas, protected by the Nature Conservation Act.
- Nature reserves, protected by the Nature Conservation Act.
- Other protected areas, consists of flora and fauna protection areas (biotop protections) by the Nature Conservation Act. Since 2006 nature relics with an area protection and biotops protected by the Act relating to Salmonids and Fresh-water Fish and the Wildlife Act have also been included.
Since 2008, areas protected under the Cultural Heritage Act are also included, and are made up of: Archaeological monuments and sites Security zones Cultural environments Listed buildings.
Since 2014: areas protected according to the Cultural Heritage Act are not included in the statistics.
From 2018: Statistics expanded to include protected sea areas, protected through the Nature Conservation Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Jan Mayen Act.