There are several Protected Areas within the region of Huelva County seeking to preserve its natural diversity:

Doñana National Park: These 55,327 ha are undoubtedly the most important natural area in Europe. There are many features that make unique this natural space, for example, the variety of ecosystems represented, its high diversity of species, the good general state of conservation, or its importance in the annual process of migration or wintering of birds . Its boundaries include municipalities of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz, bringing Huelva 5 municipalities in the Condado de Huelva region. It has been declared a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site (Unesco) and Special Protection Area (SPA), Place of Community Interest (SCI) and included as Ramsar Site.

Doñana Natural Park. It occupies 53,835 hectares, divided between the provinces of Huelva, Cadiz and Seville and it could be seen as a continuation of the National Park, lies the difference into a mere administrative division more than real. The qualities that have made it be worthy of a figure of protection are the same as the National Park ones.

Paraje Natural Lagunas de Palos and Las Madres. Complex of four lagoons, Laguna Primera de Palos, de la Jara, de la Mujer y de las Madres reflecting a singular hydromorphology, very rare in the Iberian peninsula, as have been caused by the phenomenon known as shutter dunes. Declared as Place of Community Interest.

© Photograph: Francisco Jiménez

In addition to the spaces above, the following areas are included in the Natura 2000 network as Sites of Community Interest: Corredor ecológico del río Tinto: Important as a nexus and ecological corridor between Doñana and Sierra Morena to ensure the survival of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus); Acebuchal of Alpizar, Dehesa de Torrecuadrada and arroyo de Pilas: space used by the lynx which frequents the Arroyo de Pilas as a zone of expansion into other territories; Doñana North and West: Very important for lynx and for the forests of ash trees (Fraxinus angustifolia); Marismas y Riberas del Rio Tinto: represents the last refuge for protected birds associated to the aquatic environment of the formerly vast marismas del rio Tinto, also important for the presence of the Iberian Lynx; Estuario del Rio Tinto: important as the area of the estuary itself and as one of the few representations of this kind of habitat in Andalusia; Dehesa del Estero and Montes de Moguer: Important by the presence of decalcified fixed eu-atlantic dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea), dunes with sclerophyllous vegetation (Cisto-Lavenduletalia) as well as by the presence of lynx; Laguna de Palos and las Madres: significant presence of lagoons with interesting turf formations and placed in front of an ancient dune, providing a support area for birds that live in the Natural and National Doñana Parks; Dunas del Odiel: The area is valuable for it geomorphological system origin and the presence of peaty materials, allowing the emergence of an unique and very interesting flora species that also serve as a refuge for a varied nesting wildlife.