Protected areas of Belarus
The protected areas of Belarus are governed by the 1994 law "About the Protected Nature Areas" (Об особо охраняемых природных территориях).[1] and its amendments.
Overview
The law recognizes the following categories:
- zapovednik (a term similar to "nature reserve")
- national park
- zakaznik (nature sanctuary (UNESCO terminology), game reserve)
- Nature monument
- international protected area (особо охраняемая территория международного значения); a 2008 amendment[2]
Some zapovedniks are also internationally recognized as
Ramsar wetlands of international importance
.
The first zapovednik was established in 1925, then in the
Belovezhskaya Pushcha zapovednik was created, in the territory added to BSSR after the Soviet invasion of Poland. The Pripyat nature reserve was created in 1969 and Palessya nature reserve in 1988. In 1991 Belovezhskaya Pushcha was classified as national park. In 1996, the Pripyat nature reserve was classified as the Pripyatsky National Park
List of protected areas
In 2008,[2] there were five zapovedniks and national parks, 84 zakazniks of national significance, 349 zakazniks of local significance, 305 nature monuments of national significance, and 544 nature monuments of local significance.
- List of national parks of Belarus
- Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, Minsk Region and Vitebsk Region, 852 km2 (329 sq mi).
- Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
- biosphere reserve
- Naliboki forest
References
- ^ ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 20 октября 1994 г. № 3335-XІІ Об особо охраняемых природных территориях
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
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External links
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