Protected areas of Slovenia include one national park (Slovene: narodni park), three regional parks (regijski park), several natural parks (krajinski park), and hundreds of natural monuments (naravni spomenik) and monuments of designed nature (spomenik oblikovane narave). They cover about 12.5% of the Slovenian territory.[1] Under the Wild Birds Directive, 26 sites totalling roughly 25% of the nation's land are "Special Protected Areas"; the Natura 2000 proposal would increase the totals to 260 sites and 32% of national territory.
^Bizjak, Janez (2008). Zavarovana območja v Sloveniji [Protected Areas of Slovenia] (PDF) (in Slovenian and English). Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Slovenia. ISBN978-961-6392-61-7.