Categories of protected areas in Slovakia

National parks and Protected landscape areas are unofficially referred to as Large area protected areas (LPA). They are larger territories, usually with an area of more than 1000 ha. Protected areas, nature reserves, national nature reserves, natural monuments, national natural monuments, protected landscape elements, nature parks and municipality protected areas are unofficially called Small Area Protected Areas (SPA). All these protected areas form the national system of protected areas are divided into categories.