Biosphere reserves of Ukraine

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Biosphere reserves of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Біосферні резервати України, Biosferni rezervaty Ukrayiny) are preservation territories of international importance that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine.

Overview

The Ukrainian legislation has its own regulations about biosphere reserves which differs slightly from international. Nonetheless Ukraine recognizes the International designation for natural conservation as well. Thus in Ukraine exist two concepts biosphere reserve and biosphere preserves (Ukrainian: біосферних заповідники, biosferni zapovidnyky).

Please note that biosphere preserves existed in the Soviet Union before establishment of the UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1971. Particularly in Ukraine, Carpathian Biosphere Reserve was created in 1968, but was admitted to the MAB programme only after fall of the Soviet Union in 1992.

Since 2012 there are eight biosphere reserves in Ukraine from the original three that the country inherited from the Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR).

List

No. Name Est. UNESCO Area (ha) Regions Managing Authority Notes
1 Askania-Nova 1983 1985 33,307 Kherson Oblast National Academy of Agrarian Sciences Seven Natural Wonders
2 Black Sea Biosphere Reserve 1983 1984 89,129 Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
3 Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 1968 1992 57,880 Zakarpattia Oblast Ministry of Ecology of Ukraine World Heritage Site
4 Danubian Biosphere Preserve (Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve) 1998 1998 50,252 Odessa Oblast, Romania National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine transboundary
5 Uzhanian National Nature Park and Sian River Regional Landscape Park (East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve) NNP 1998 58,587 Zakarpattia and Lviv oblasts, Poland, Slovakia International Cooperative Administration World Heritage Site, transboundary
- Shatsk Biosphere Reserve[1] NNP 2002 48,977 Volyn Oblast became part of West Polesie in 2012
6 Desna Biosphere Reserve NNP 2009 58,293 Chernihiv Oblast
7 Roztochya Biosphere Reserve NP 2011
8 West Polesie NNP 2012 75,075 Belarus, Poland, Ukraine transboundary[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Information on Shatsky Reserve
  2. ^ UNESCO: West Polesie

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