PORTUGAL · DESIGNATIONS · STATUTORY
Áreas Protegidas (Continente)
What this layer shows
Rede Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, the national protected area network: mainland Portugal's national park, nature parks, nature reserves, protected landscapes and natural monuments, each with the instrument that created it.
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · sigservices.icnf.pt
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Facts shown for each feature
Classification · Code · Legal instrument · Jurisdiction · Area (ha)
In these presets
Constraints
The designations a professional checks first: the Natura 2000 sites (ZEC and ZPE: the basis of the Avaliação de Incidências Ambientais), the mainland protected areas with their legal classification, the national inventory of classified areas (which covers Madeira and the Azores), the Ramsar sites, the water-domain servitudes (ARPSI flood extents, adjacent zones, abstraction protection perimeters and classified reservoirs) and the POOC and POAAP zoning. Does NOT include REN, RAN or PDM zoning: for a complete constraints plan, consult the municipality.
Geological heritage
UNESCO Geoparks and the geosites of the Cadastro dos Valores Naturais, with their scientific interest and degree of vulnerability, over the protected areas that frame them. For geology, geotourism, and for anyone assessing impacts on geological heritage.
Forest and trails
Forest Intervention Zones and officially approved walking routes, with the protected areas and biosphere reserves underneath. For forest management, wildfire defence and planning fieldwork, or a walk.
Nature and habitats
Natura 2000, habitats and the protected areas of the whole country, islands included through the national inventory, with the Ramsar sites and biosphere reserves of the mainland and the Azores.
Places to visit
Walking routes, protected areas, geoparks and beaches: the map for a day out.