Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area () is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, in Central Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, and Zvolen districts.
Poľana was declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve on 27 March 1990. A permanent research site was established in 1991 as part of the European Long-Term Ecosystem Research (eLTER) program.
History The Protected Landscape Area was established on 12 August 1981,PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE POĽANA. Baseline Study, Final Draft. J. Švajda, M. Káčerová, T. Kohler, H. Meessen. 2014. Prepared for development of nature conservation and of protected areas in the Slovak Carpathians. https://www.sopsr.sk/dokumenty/polana_2013.pdf and the law was amended on 3 September 2004. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Badínsky prales Old Growth Forest (1913),Badínsky prales at enviroportal.sk Zadná Poľana (1953)Zadná Poľana at enviroportal.sk and Boky (1964), Boky at enviroportal.sk and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock (1964)Bátovský balvan at enviroportal.sk and Kalamárka (1977).Kalamárka at enviroportal.sk
Geography The highest mountains are Poľana at and Predná Poľana at .
References
External links Poľana PLA at Slovakia.travel Podpoľanie Region situated at Poľana