Tuchola Landscape Park (''Tucholski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a

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 ...

( Landscape Park) in north-central

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 ...

, established in 1985, covering an area of in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of

Tuchola Tuchola (; ) is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. The Pomeranian town, which is the seat of Tuchola County, had a population of 13,418 . Geographical location Tuchola lies about north of Bydgoszcz, close to th ...

. The Park is shared between two voivodeships:

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...

and

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...

. Within Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship it lies in

Tuchola County __NOTOC__ Tuchola County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms pas ...

(

Gmina Tuchola __NOTOC__ Gmina Tuchola is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchola, which lies approximately north of Bydgoszcz. The gmina covers ...

Gmina Cekcyn __NOTOC__ Gmina Cekcyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Cekcyn, which lies approximately east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz. T ...

, Gmina Gostycyn,

Gmina Lubiewo __NOTOC__ Gmina Lubiewo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubiewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Lubiewo, which lies approximately ...

Gmina Śliwice __NOTOC__ Gmina Śliwice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Śliwice, which lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Byd ...

). Within Pomeranian Voivodeship it lies in

Chojnice County Chojnice County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms in 1998. Its administra ...

(

Gmina Chojnice __NOTOC__ Gmina Chojnice () is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers ...

Gmina Czersk __NOTOC__ Gmina Czersk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czersk, which lies approximately east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capi ...

). Within the Landscape Park are eight

nature 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 ...

s. The Park (together with the Wda, Wdzydze and Zaborski Landscape Parks) forms the buffer zone of the Tuchola Forest Biosphere Reserve, designated under the

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 ...

Man and the Biosphere Programme 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 engages w ...

in 2010. The core area of the Biosphere Reserve consists of

Tuchola Forest National Park Tuchola Forest National Park () is a List of National Parks of Poland, national park in Poland, created on 1 July 1996. It covers an area of of forests, lakes, meadows and peatlands. The park is in the northern part of Poland, in Chojnice County ...

and the

nature reserves 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 geolog ...

lying within the Landscape Parks of the buffer zone.Website of Tuchola Forest Biosphere Reserve
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References

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Parks in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Protected areas established in 1985 1985 establishments in Poland Tuchola County