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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.
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.
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.
Luhansk Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Луганський природний заповідник) is an administrative collection of four individual national nature reserves of Ukraine. It is located in Luhansk Oblast , the easternmost province of Ukraine, the Luhansk reserves were affected by hostilities in the area in 2014.
On December 25, 2001, the Luhansk Oblast Council declared the forest to become a natural reserve. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the forest has been situated on the front line for a long time. [2] Therefore, the natural ecosystems have been severely damaged as a result of heavy fighting in the area. [3]
Main article: Protected areas of Ukraine Categories of Natural Environment Protected Areas of Ukraine were reestablished (redefined) by the Verkhovna Rada (national parliament of Ukraine) after the fall of the Soviet Union. On 16 June 1992 the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk signed the law on the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine. The law redefined already the established system of ...