The National Agency of Protected Areas (Albanian: Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura, abbreviated AKZM) is a government agency in Albania.

[3] AKZM was established on February 4, 2015, and took many of the functions and duties of former local Forestry Police which was abolished.

It specializes in defending Albanian agroforestry heritage, safeguarding the environment and landscape.

It complied with the fulfillment of security services as well as the control of the territory, with particular reference to rural and mountainous areas.

[4][5] The AKZM have as primary role to safeguarding the wooded areas, but also have other numerous and varied institutional tasks, which is part of a wider context of protection of the environment and the territory, human health, animal protection, flora and landscaping, conservation biodiversity.