Protected species, fossils, and minerals
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Nature conservation
- The history of nature conservation
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The system of Estonian nature conservation
- The strategic documents of nature conservation
- Protected natural objects and the conservation procedure
- Protection rules, management plans, species conservation action plans, and habitat action plans
- Protected areas (kaitsealad.ee)
- Nature conservation permits
- Nature conservation supervision
- The financing of nature conservation
- Nature conservation grants and applying for them
- Natura 2000
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International agreements and organisations
- Ramsar Convention
- Bern Convention
- European Diploma of Protected Areas
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Bonn Convention
- EUROBATS agreement
- The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- CITES
- International agreements for the protection of the seas
- HELCOM
- Aarhus Convention
- International agreements on fishing
- International agreements on the protection of inland waters
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- The European Environment Agency and EIONET
- EUROPARC Federation
- The Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Monitoring and indicators
- Databases, distribution atlases, and other data sources
- Nature conservation statistics
A protected species is a taxonomic unit of an animal, plant, or fungal species whose specimens, habitats, or places of finding are protected under the Nature Conservation Act or are listed in Annexes A to D of EU Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97. A protected fossil or mineral is a fossil or mineral included in a protected category, the specimens or deposits of which are protected on the basis of the Nature Conservation Act.
Protected species are divided into three protected categories. There are 64 species in protected category I, 267 species in protected category II, and 237 species in protected category III.
There are five protected fossils in protected category I and three in protected category II.
Last modified: 02.12.2021