Protected areas of Belarus

The protected areas of Belarus are governed by the 1994 law "About the Protected Nature Areas" (Об особо охраняемых природных территориях). [1] and its amendments.

Overview

The law recognizes the following categories:

Some zapovedniks are also internationally recognized as biosphere reserves. A number of areas are classified as Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

The first zapovednik was established in 1925, then in the Byelorussian SSR. In 1939 the Belovezhskaya Pushcha zapovednik was created, in the territory added to BSSR after the Soviet invasion of Poland. The Pripyat nature reserve was created in 1969 and Palessya nature reserve in 1988. In 1991 Belovezhskaya Pushcha was classified as national park. In 1996, the Pripyat nature reserve was classified as the Pripyatsky National Park

List of protected areas
Belovezhskaya Pushcha

In 2008,[2] there were five zapovedniks and national parks, 84 zakazniks of national significance, 349 zakazniks of local significance, 305 nature monuments of national significance, and 544 nature monuments of local significance.

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References
  1. ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 20 октября 1994 г. № 3335-XІІ Об особо охраняемых природных территориях
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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