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There are 29 national parks in Sweden. Kosterhavets national park is the latest. Sweden also has three world heritages with high natural values.

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National Parks

National Park is the strongest protection you can give to valuable nature. The reason for creating national parks is to preserve valuable nature for Sweden and the world.

Photographer: Anders Good / IBL

Biotope protection areas

Small areas of land and water in Sweden can be preserved as biotope protection areas.The purpose is to provide long-term protection and improvement of natural settings that are especially valuable for animal and plant species.

Photographer: Johan Alp / Johnér

Biosphere reserves

Biosphere reserves represent a new approach to nature conservation. They are model areas for new techniques and knowledge for sustainable relationship between man and nature, and recognized as models contributing to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – the 2030 Agenda.

Photographer: Tor Lundberg / N / IBL

World heritages

UNESCO has listed 15 Swedish sites as being essential to mankind, world heritages. Three of them are very rich in natural assets.

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