The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary protected area, designated as an area of global importance under UNESCO's Programme on Man and the Biosphere.It is located in the Eastern Carpathians and includes parts of three countries: Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.
The Biosphere reserve covers a total area of .
Overview The reserve was originally designated as a Polish–Slovak transboundary reserve in 1992; it was extended to include the Ukrainian part in 1998.
It includes the following national protected areas: In Poland Bieszczady National Park (Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) and the two neighbouring landscape parks called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park (Ciśniańsko-Wetliński Park Krajobrazowy) and San Valley Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Sanu); In Slovakia Poloniny National Park (Národný Park Poloniny) and adjacent areas; In Ukraine Uzh National Nature Park and Nadsianskyi Regional Landscape Park.
See also Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
References
External links
Unesco.org: official East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve website iabsi.com: East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Carpates.org: East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Carpathians.org.ua: Carpathians of Ukraine