Germany: Lower Saxony

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The whole Country
Schleswig-Holstein
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lower Saxony
Hamburg
Brandenburg
Saxony-Anhalt
North Rhine-Westphalia
Thuringia
Saxony
Saarland
Rhineland-Palatinate
Hesse
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria

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Germany's different types of protected areas are defined in the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG). The main types are nature conservation areas, national parks, biosphere reserves, landscape protection areas, nature parks and Natura 2000 sites, covering about one third of the total country surface. Read more

National parks

		Parco Nazionale Harz	24.732 ha
		Parco Nazionale Wattenmeer della Bassa Sassonia	345.000 ha

Biosphere reserves

Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

240.000 ha

The photo next to the name of the protected area means that you will find information directly updated by the respective Park Authorities.