| National institutional framework | Topic |
| Law 1469/1950 | Historical sites and sites of specific natural beauty |
| Law 998/1979 | Protection of Forests |
| Law 1650/1986 | Protection of the Environment |
| Law 204/1994 | Convention for the biological diversity |
| Law 2637/1998 | Refuges of wild life |
| Law 2742/1999 | Land-Planning and Sustainable Development and other provisions |
| Law 3044/2002 | Setting up of Management Bodies for Natural Protected Areas |
| Law 3937/2010 | Framework for the creation and functioning of management bodies of protected areas |
| Law 3937/2011 | Conservation of biodiversity and other provisions |
| State Resolution 80/40/1990 | Protection of plant genetic resources of the country |
| State Resolution 67/1981 | Protection of native flora and the wild fauna |
| State Resolution 434/30/1995 | Conservation and protection of races of local domestic animals and biotopes of landscapes |
| Law 996/1971 | National Parks, aesthetic forests and nature monuments under conservation |
| Law 191/1974 | Ratification of Ramsar Convention Protection of International interest wetlands |
| Law 855/1978 - 1634/1984 | Ratification of Barcelona Convention Protection of Mediterranean Sea from pollution |
| Law 1335/1983 | Ratification of Bern Convention, Conservation of wild life and natural environment in Europe |
| Law 2719/1999 | Ratification of Bonn Convention, Conservation of migratory species of wild life |
| Law 2971/2001 | Sea-shores and other provisions |
| Law 743/1977 | Protection of marine environment |
| Law 1269/1982 | Prevention of Sea Pollution from ships |