Protected areas and areas under special 
conservation status in Belgium

On this page you will find a list of the protected areas of Belgium as found on different sources on the Internet.

• Wallonia

• Flanders

• Brussels

• Information at national level

• Information on Belgium at the international level

• North Sea

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Wallonia

Protected areas and special areas of conservation in Wallonia

• Types of protected areas, description and status
• State of Walloon Environment 2000 :number of sites, cover, trends, etc.
• Natura 2000 Network in Wallonia
• Searchable databases on protected areas
  • Nature reserves: description and database
  • Humid areas of great biological interest (ZHIB): description and database
  • Protected areas by township
• Searchable database on special areas of conservation 
  • Natura 2000: description and database
• Searchable databases on areas of great biological interest
  • ISIWAL: description and database
  • CORINE: description, typology and database
  • SGIB: description and database (in preparation)

Nature reserves of RNOB asbl

• Walloon Brabant
• Centre Ouest Hainaut
• Commune de Gouvy
• Ost Belgien

Nature reserves of Ardenne et Gaume asbl

• List per province

Nature outside protected areas

• State of Walloon Environment 2000
• Introduction to the concept of "nature parks"
• Map of Wallonia's nature parks (2000)
• Characteristics of Wallonia's natural parks

• Transboundary Nature Park of the Hautes-Fagnes / Eifel : presentation in French and  in German

Maps from Belgium's First National Report (1998):

• Nature reserves
• Special protection areas
• Nature parks

 

Flanders

Special areas of conservation

• Natura 2000 in Flanders

Nature Reserves

• Limburgse natuurgebieden
• Natuurpunt Reservaten:
  • Eastern Flanders
  • West Flanders
  • Limburg
  • Flemish Brabant
  • Antwerp
• Natuurreservaten Antwerpen Noord vzw
• Natuurreservaten West Vlaanderen vzw

Maps from Belgium's First National Report (1998):

• Protected areas in Flanders
• Designated areas of international importance

Other maps:

• EU-Birds Directive protection areas (1999)
• EU-Habitats Directive protection areas (April 2000)
• Eco-districts (May 2000)
• Biological evaluations

 

Brussels

The Brussels Capital Region hosts several protected areas on its territory. The "Zoniënwoud" or "Forêt de Soignes" is the best-known area in the region. The Brussels Capital Region is developing, through its green and blue networks, the ecological richness of its territory.

• Nature reserves - in French, in Dutch
• Forested areas - in French, in Dutch
• Green network - in French, in Dutch
• Blue network - in French, in Dutch
• Map of city parks - in French, in Dutch

Map from Belgium's First National Report (1998):

• Areas with high biological value

 

Information at national level

The Sonian Forest, a forest managed by the three Belgian regions. Also a Natura 2000 site.

• Official web site in Dutch, in French

WWF

• List of "forgotten Natura 2000 sites in Belgium" - in French, in Dutch
• Life projects
  • Transboundary Meuse/Maas river - in French, in Dutch
  • Ponds in central Limburg - in French, in Dutch
  • Integrated management of coastal areas - in French, in Dutch

 

Information at international level - Federal and private nature reserves

• List of the Belgian nature reserves on the WCMC server
• Biodiversity and protected areas (World Resources Institute)

 

North Sea

To be completed ...

 

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