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 or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

, designated as an area of global importance under

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

's Programme on Man and the Biosphere.
It is located in the

Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

and includes parts of three countries:

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. 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, funga, or features of geologic ...

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 (''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 () 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 1997 with a protected area of ...

(''Národný Park Poloniny'') and adjacent areas; ;In Ukraine: Uzh National Nature Park and Nadsianskyi Regional Landscape Park.

References

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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