Photo: Peter Rosén
To protect our lands, the most common way in Sweden is to form a nature reserve. The strongest protection for an area is to make the land a national park. Four of Sweden’s 30 national parks are located in Laponia. These are Sarek, Badjelánnda/Padjelanda, Muttos/Muddus and Stuor Muorkke/Stora Sjöfallet national parks.
In addition, the world heritage includes the nature reserves Sjávnja/Sjaunja and Stubbá, as well as the areas Tjuoldavuobme/Tjuoltadalen, Ráhpaäno suorgudahka (Látjávrredeltat/Laitauredeltat) and Sulidälbmá/Sulitelma. Together, the large forests, mountains and wide bogs cover 9,400 square kilometers within the municipalities of Jokkmokk and Gällivare.
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In the national parks within Laponia, it is forbidden to bring a dog, with the exception of Kungsleden, Rallarstigen in Muttos/Muddus, and the area between the power line and Stuor Julevu / Stora Lulevatten’s lake system in Stuor Muorkke/Stora Sjöfallet National Park.
Without permission from the County Administrative Board, it is absolutely forbidden to fly drones within the entire Laponia World Heritage Site.
It is only allowed to light fires in exhibited fireplaces within the world heritage Laponia.
All rules and regulations can be downloaded here
In Laponia most areas are protected by Natura 2000. Natura 2000 is a network of the EU’s most protected natural areas. Each area has a unique conservation plan which describes how the area should be managed and what should be protected. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency coordinated the work with Natura 2000. The county administrative boards are responsible for care, protection and supervision.
Sjávnja/Sjuanja and Lájtávrredeltat have been identified as valuable wetlands protected under the Ramsar Convention, an international convention to protect wetlands. The commitment means that the ecological character of the area must not deteriorate.