East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Location	Central-Eastern Europe
Coordinates	49°04′56″N 22°34′04″E / 49.08222°N 22.56778°E / 49.08222; 22.56778
Area	2,132.11 km2 (823.21 sq mi)
Established	1992

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 2,132.11 square kilometres (823.21 sq mi).

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.

• 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

This Slovak geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Poland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article about a location in Ukraine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article related to a protected area in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e