Protected areas of Slovenia include one national park (Slovene: narodni park), three regional parks (regijski park), several natural parks (krajinski park), and hundreds of natural monuments (naravni spomenik) and monuments of designed nature (spomenik oblikovane narave). They cover about 12.5% of the Slovenian territory.^[1] Under the Wild Birds Directive, 26 sites totalling roughly 25% of the nation's land are "Special Protected Areas"; the Natura 2000 proposal would increase the totals to 260 sites and 32% of national territory.

This article is in list format but may read better as prose. (December 2012)

• Triglav National Park

• Inner Carniola Regional Park
• Kozje Park
• Škocjan Caves Regional Park

On 1 January 2012, there were 1276 natural monuments in Slovenia.