Protected landscapes (i.e. IUCN category V) designated or extended after 2002 include Vjose-Narte (2004, 19,738.0 ha), Lumi Buna-Velipoje (2005, 23,027.0 ha) - another part of the Ramsar site listed in 2005, and Mali me Gropa-Bize-Martanesh (2007,25,266.4 ha). The work on potential areas of special conservation interest was carried out between 2002 and 2008. As a result, 25 potential Emerald sites covering an area of around 17 per cent of the country’s territory were identified and studied.