The Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park (also: Domogled-Cernatal National Park, Romanian: Parcul Național Domogled-Valea Cernei) is located in southwestern Romania and covers an area of 61,211 hectares in the counties of Caraș-Severin, Mehedinți and Gorj. It includes the Cernatal and the Cerna Mountains with the Domogled massif, the Mehedinți Mountains and the Godeanu Mountains. The Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park has existed since 1990 and was recognized as a Category II protected area (national park) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2006. It has the national number RONPA0001 and the WDPA number 11175[1]. Because of its great biodiversity, the entire area of the Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park was included in the Natura 2000 protection program, which was established within the European Union in accordance with the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive.[2]