Protected areas of Finland

The protected areas of Finland include national parks, nature reserves and other areas, with a purpose of conserving areas of all of Finland's ecosystems and biotopes.

Protected areas include:

National parks of Finland (Kansallispuisto/Nationalpark) - 8,170 km²
Strict nature reserves of Finland (Luonnonpuisto/Naturreservat) - 1,530 km²
Mire reserves of Finland (Soidensuojelualue/Myrskyddsområde) - 4,490 km²
Protected herb-rich forest areas (Lehtojensuojelualue/Lundskyddsområde) - 13 km²
Protected old-growth forest areas (Vanhat metsät/Gamla skogar) - 100 km²
Grey seal protection areas (Hylkeidensuojelualue/Sälskyddsområde) - 190 km²
Other protected areas on state-owned land - 468 km²

The state-owned protected areas cover a total of 14,961 km² while 1,220 km² are on private land.

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Protected areas of Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

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