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The reserve covers an area of 263,016 hectares: 139,917 hectares of the area are in Poland, 75,075 hectares are in Ukraine, and 48,024 hectares are in Belarus.It includes a core area, as well as a buffer and transition zone which make up a majority of the reserve. [1]
A total of 29, 758 individuals reside in the transition zone of the Biosphere Reserve as of the 2011 census, with an average population of 2.8 persons per square kilometre. When the area under the jurisdiction of Riding Mountain National Park is taken into account, the population density is 2.2 persons per square kilometre.
The Jozani–Chwaka Bay Biosphere Reserve is the sole national park on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, and is notable for its rich diversity of ecosystems. This unique landscape features a blend of mangroves, tropical forests, coral reefs, and various wetlands, alongside agricultural and residential zones.
The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve or Indian Sundarbans covers an area of 9,630 square kilometers (3,720 sq mi) and is divided into core, buffer, and transi-tion zones. [3] The area of reserved forest under the Biosphere Reserve is about 4263 km 2 , [ 3 ] of which 55% land is under vegetation cover and the remaining 45 per cent under wetland ...
[citation needed] As a typical biosphere reserve, it contains a core zone with buffer and transition zones surrounding it. [1] The reserve has two core zones; the first of which is the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site which encompasses cultural heritage sites and sites of archaeological interest dating back to 4 million years. The second ...
The site is named after the biologist VV Alekhine. The reserve was created in 1935. In 1978 it was included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. [1] [2] [3]The territory of Central Black Earth Biosphere Reserve was divided between the core area, the buffer zone, and the transition zone. V.V. Alekhin nature reserve was the core of new biosphere reserve, its territory was divided into ...
As of September 2012, the resident population in the reserve was 6.737 inhabitants, all of whom live in the transition zone as all the islets are uninhabited. [1]The economic activities in the biosphere reserve are essentially fishing and agriculture (especially cocoa, coffee and copra) besides a small tourist development, mainly composed of some tourism in the capital of Santo Antonio and an ...
In 2010, the reserve was significantly impacted by fires. Over 1,000 hectares of unique and typical plant communities were affected within the reserve, [5] while in the urban forest of Togliatti, located in the transition zone of the reserve, 1057 hectares of forest were completely destroyed and another 792 hectares were partially damaged. [9]