Pale ʻia nā wahi nui o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Svalbard. . I kēia manawa i ka makahiki 1932 ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā wahi pale pale flora ʻelua. I ka makahiki 2005 he ʻeono mau pāka aupuni, 21 mau mālama kūlohelohe (me 15 mau mālama manu kūikawā) a me hoʻokahi geotope pale ʻia.
Hoʻohui ʻia, ua hoʻonui ʻia kekahi o nā wahi i pale ʻia a hiki i Ianuali 1, 2004 ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka wai kaiāulu ʻo Norewai mai 4 a 12 mau mile kaiāulu.
I kēia manawa nā wahi pale ʻia i ka huina o 39.000 km2 ma ka ʻāina a me 76.000 km2 ma ke kai. Wehe ʻia nā pāka aupuni i nā hana leʻaleʻa o waho e koi ʻole ai i ka hoʻohana o nā kaʻa kaʻa. I nā kūlana kūikawā, no ka laʻana no nā kumu ʻepekema, ʻae paha ke keʻena o ke Kiaʻāina i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā kaʻa hau, nā mokulele a i ʻole nā helikopter.
Wahi a ka Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, nā meheu a pau o ka hana kanaka e pili ana i ka makahiki 1945 a i ʻole ma mua e pale ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu.
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