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

Overview

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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 reserves and biosphere preserves (Ukrainian: біосферні заповідники, romanized: biosferni zapovidnyky).

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.

The Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, which was created by the President in 2016,[1] is a biosphere preserve (zapovidnyk) but not a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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

List

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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 Danube Biosphere Reserve (Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve) 1998 1998 50,252 Odesa Oblast, Romania National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine transboundary
5 Uzh National Nature Park and San 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[2] NNP 2002 48,977 Volyn Oblast became part of West Polesie in 2012
6 Desna Biosphere Reserve NNP 2009 58,293 Chernihiv Oblast
7 Roztochchia Biosphere Reserve NP 2011 Lviv Oblast, Poland
8 West Polesie NNP 2012 75,075 Belarus, Poland, Ukraine transboundary[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 26 квітня 2016 year № 174/2016 «Про створення Чорнобильського радіаційно-екологічного біосферного заповідника» (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Information on Shatsky Reserve
  3. ^ UNESCO: West Polesie
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