The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

, designated as an area of global importance under

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international coope ...

Programme on Man and the Biosphere Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments. MAB's work enga ...

.
It is located in the Eastern Carpathians and includes parts of three countries:

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. The

Biosphere reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

covers a total area of .

Overview

The reserve was originally designated as a Polish–Slovak transboundary reserve in 1992; it was extended to include the Ukrainian part in 1998. It includes the following national protected areas: ;In Poland:

Bieszczady National Park Bieszczady National Park (; pl, Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeast corner of the country. In 2021, the national park became a UNESCO World Herit ...

(''Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy'') and the two neighbouring landscape parks called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park (''Ciśniańsko-Wetliński Park Krajobrazowy'') and San Valley Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Sanu''); ;In Slovakia:

Poloniny National Park Poloniny National Park ( sk, Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October ...

(''Národný Park Poloniny'') and adjacent areas; ;In Ukraine:

Uzhanian National Nature Park Uzhanskyi National Nature Park ( uk, Ужанський національний природний парк) is a protected area in Ukraine. It is located in Velykyi Bereznyi Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast, at the border with Poland and Slovakia. Th ...

and Nadsiansky Regional Landscape Park.

External links

Unesco.org: official East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve website

Biosphere Reserve Biosphere reserves of Poland Biosphere reserves of Slovakia Biosphere reserves of Ukraine National parks of Poland National parks of Slovakia National parks of Ukraine 1992 establishments in Europe Protected areas established in 1992 {{Europe-protected-area-stub

Overview

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