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Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve consisting of veld and koppies (hills) run by the Johannesburg City Parks. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Johannesburg , in an area of 640 hectares (1,600 acres).
National nature parks of Ukraine are preservation territories that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine. The total area protected by national parks is approximately 1,111,600 hectares (11,116 km 2 ), for an average of 22,685 hectares (226.85 km 2 ) but a median of only 14,836 hectares (148.36 km 2 ) at Zalissia .
Covers representative steppe habitat in eastern Ukraine. The site has been a nature reserve since 1931, providing scientists with a long history of study of steppe ecological processes. It is known for its population of European Marmot. [11] It is a sub-unit of Luhansk Nature Reserve. 11 Medobory: Ternopil Oblast
The wildlife of Ukraine consists of its diverse fauna, flora and funga. The reported fauna consists of 45,000 species when including the areas of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov . [ 1 ] Ukraine 's protected environments consist of 33 Ramsar sites covering an area of 7,446.51 square kilometres (2,875.11 sq mi).
Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Михайлівська цілина) is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers meadow-steppe and forest-steppe in the northeast of Ukraine near the border with Russia. It exhibits plants found in both northern and southern steppes.
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.
Of all the different kinds of protected natural areas, the most important are considered to be nature preserves (zapovedniks), national nature parks, and nature reserves . The total area of the protected areas of Ukraine consists of 3,268,000 ha (8,080,000 acres), or around 5.4% of the total area of the country. [ 1 ]
The Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve is a large section of protected land in Johannesburg South. It was designated in 1957 in an area of 2,043.27 hectares (5,049.0 acres). [1] [2] A wetland, part of the Klip River, runs along its southern border. The reserve lies adjacent to Lenasia, alongside the R554.