This is a list of protected areas of Romania.

About 5.18% of the area of Romania has a protected status (12,360 km²), including the Danube Delta, which makes half of these areas (2.43% of Romania's area).

Biosphere reserves

There are 3 biosphere reserves, totaling 6644.46 km²:

Name	Area (km²)	Counties
Danube Delta	5,800.00	Tulcea, Constanţa
Retezat	380.47	Hunedoara
Rodna	463.99	Bistriţa-Năsăud, Maramureş, Suceava

National parks

There are 13 national parks totaling 3158.6 km²:

Name	Area (km²)	Counties
Domogled-Valea Cernei	601.00	Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi, Gorj
Rodna	463.99	Bistriţa-Năsăud, Maramureş, Suceava
Retezat	380.47	Hunedoara
Cheile Nerei-Beuşniţa	371.00	Caraş-Severin
Semenic-Cheile Caraşului	366.64	Caraş Severin
Călimani	240.41	Bistriţa-Năsăud, Harghita, Mureş, Suceava
Cozia	171.00	Vâlcea
Piatra Craiului	148.00	Argeş, Braşov
Munţii Măcinului	113.21	Tulcea
Defileul Jiului	111.27	Gorj, Hunedoara
Ceahlău	83.96	Neamţ
Cheile Bicazului-Hăşmaş	65.75	Harghita, Neamţ
Buila-Vânturăriţa	41.86	Valcea

Natural Parks

There are 13 natural parks totaling 7282.72 km²:

Proposed extermination of the wildlife

The Romanian Parlament is currently (September 2008) discussing a bill aiming to open 13 National Parks to commercial hunting, in order to eliminate the wildlife from these areas. It is the first step toward the dismantling the National Parks in Romania and them transformation into human settled areas.

Name	Area (km²)	Counties
Muntii Maramureşului	1488.50	Maramureş
Porţile de Fier	1156.55	Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi
Mehedinti Plateau geopark	1060	Mehedinţi
Tara Hategului dinosaur geopark	1023.92	Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi
Munţii Apuseni	757.84	Alba, Bihor, Cluj
Putna-Vrancea	382	Vrancea
Bucegi	326.63	Argeş, Braşov, Dâmboviţa, Prahova
Vânători Neamţ	308.18	Neamţ
Balta Mică a Brăilei	175.29	Brăila
Grădiştea Muncelului-Cioclovina	100.00	Hunedoara
Comana	249.63	Giurgiu

Scientific reservations

There are 55 such reservations totaling 1112.77 km².

Natural monuments

There are 234 natural monuments totaling 77.05 km².

Natural reservations

There are 617 natural reservations totaling 2043.55 km².

References

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