Editing Hokkaido (section)

=== Parks ===
{{Main|National parks in Hokkaido}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ National parks (国立公園)
|-
| [[Shiretoko National Park]]*              || 知床
|-
| [[Akan Mashu National Park]]              || 阿寒
|-
| [[Kushiro-shitsugen National Park]]       || 釧路湿原
|-
| [[Daisetsuzan National Park]]             || 大雪山
|-
| [[Shikotsu-Tōya National Park]]           || 支笏洞爺
|-
| [[Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park]] || 利尻礼文サロベツ
|-
| [[Hidakasanmyaku-Erimo-Tokachi National Park]]        || 日高山脈襟裳十勝
|}
{{smaller|* designated a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] on 2005-07-14.}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Quasi-national parks (国定公園)
|-
| [[Abashiri Quasi-National Park]]                     || 網走
|-
| [[Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park]] || ニセコ積丹小樽海岸
|-
| [[Ōnuma Quasi-National Park]]                        || 大沼
|-
| [[Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park]]  || 暑寒別天売焼尻
|}

<gallery mode="packed" heights="130px">
File:Kottaro situgen 2009.jpg|Overview of [[Kushiro Wetland]]
File:Lake Akan and Mount Oakan - 2005.jpg|[[Lake Akan]] and [[Mount Meakan]]
File:Image-2008 Lake Masshu.jpg|View of [[Lake Mashū]]
File:Lake Shikotsu17n4272.jpg|[[Lake Shikotsu]]
File:Sounkyo1.jpg|[[Sōunkyō]], a gorge in the [[Daisetsu-zan]] Volcanic Area
</gallery>

* Twelve prefectural natural parks (道立自然公園). The prefectural natural parks cover 146,802&nbsp;ha, the largest area of any prefecture.<ref name="MoEJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf|title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture|date=31 March 2008|publisher=Ministry of the Environment Japan|access-date=2009-06-02|archive-date=2012-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421180819/http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Esan Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Furano-Ashibetsu Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Hiyama Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Kariba-Motta Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Matsumae Yagoshi Prefectural Natural Park|Matsumae-Yagoshi Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[North Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Nopporo Shinrin Kōen Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Notsuke-Fūren Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Sharidake Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Shumarinai Prefectural Natural Park]]
**[[Teshiodake Prefectural Natural Park]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[Ramsar sites in Japan|Ramsar wetland sites]]
|-
! !! !! style="text-align:left;"| {{smaller|since}}
|-
| [[Kushiro Wetland]]
| [[:ja:釧路湿原|釧路湿原]] || {{smaller|1980-06-17}}
|-
| [[Lake Kutcharo]]
| [[:ja:クッチャロ湖|クッチャロ湖]] || {{smaller|1989-07-06}}
|-
| [[Lake Utonai]]
| [[:ja:ウトナイ湖|ウトナイ湖]] || {{smaller|1991-12-12}}
|-
| [[Kiritappu Wetland]]
| [[:ja:霧多布湿原|霧多布湿原]] || {{smaller|1993-06-10}}
|-
| [[Lake Akkeshi]], [[Bekkanbeushi Wetland]]
| [[:ja:厚岸湖|厚岸湖]]・[[:ja:別寒辺牛湿原|別寒辺牛湿原]] || {{smaller|1993-06-10,<br />enlarged 2005-11-08}}
|-
| [[Miyajima Marsh]]
| [[:ja:宮島沼|宮島沼]] || {{smaller|2002-11-18}}
|-
| [[Uryūnuma Wetland]]
| [[:ja:雨竜沼湿原|雨竜沼湿原]] ||rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:middle;"| {{smaller|2005-11-08}}
|-
| [[Sarobetsu plain]]
| [[:ja:サロベツ原野|サロベツ原野]]
|-
| [[Lake Tōfutsu]]
| [[:ja:濤沸湖|濤沸湖]]
|-
| [[Lake Akan]]
| [[:ja:阿寒湖|阿寒湖]]
|-
| [[Notsuke Peninsula]], [[Notsuke Bay]]
| [[:ja:野付半島|野付半島]]・[[:ja:野付湾|野付湾]]
|-
| [[Lake Furen|Lake Fūren, Shunkunitai]]
| [[:ja:風蓮湖|風蓮湖]]・[[:ja:春国岱|春国岱]]
|}