There are special nature protection areas designated for the conservation of fauna and flora and the habitats that are rare at the European level or are at risk due to human activity.
Tolikšen del površine Slovenije so posebna naravovarstvena območja, namenjena ohranjanju živalskih in rastlinskih vrst ter habitatov, ki so v Evropi že redki ali zaradi človekove dejavnosti ogroženi.