Biosphere reserves of Ukraine

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.NameEst.UNESCOArea (ha)RegionsManaging AuthorityNotes
1Askania-Nova1983198533,307Kherson OblastNational Academy of Agrarian SciencesSeven Natural Wonders
2Black Sea Biosphere Reserve1983198489,129Kherson and Mykolaiv oblastsNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
3Carpathian Biosphere Reserve1968199257,880Zakarpattia OblastMinistry of Ecology of UkraineWorld Heritage Site
4Danubian Biosphere Preserve (Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve)1998199850,252Odessa Oblast, RomaniaNational Academy of Sciences of Ukrainetransboundary
5Uzhanian National Nature Park and Sian River Regional Landscape Park (East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve)NNP199858,587Zakarpattia and Lviv oblasts, Poland, SlovakiaInternational Cooperative AdministrationWorld Heritage Site, transboundary
-Shatsk Biosphere Reserve[1]NNP200248,977Volyn Oblastbecame part of West Polesie in 2012
6Desna Biosphere ReserveNNP200958,293Chernihiv Oblast
7Roztochya Biosphere ReserveNP2011
8West PolesieNNP201275,075Belarus, Poland, Ukrainetransboundary[2]

See also

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