Belarus is rightfully called one of the greenest states in Europe. And this is not an exaggeration. On this territory there are unique reserves, sanctuaries, national parks. Belarus is characterized by special care for animals and plants. More than 6% of the country's territory (1.2 million hectares) is currently under state protection. Below we present a list of nature reserves and national parks in Belarus.
Reserves:
- "Berezinsky".
- "Bialowieza Forest".
- "Polessky".
National parks:
- "Pripyatsky".
- "Narochansky".
- "Braslav lakes".
Reserves:
- "Dnepro-Sozhsky".
State Scientific Enterprise "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"
The largest nature reserve in Belarus, covering a huge area - 152,242 hectares.
In 1939 the famous nature reserve "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" was founded. It has been protected by UNESCO since 1979.
This protected land is home to 70 species and 82 species of endangered plants.
Interesting Facts:
- In 1409, the Polish ruler Jagiello banned hunting for large animals on the territory of the present reserve.
- Probably not everyone knows that Belovezhskaya Pushcha is an official residence. Every year on New Year's Eve, he must contact the country's border guards and obtain permission to pass the New Year across the state border.
- The main symbol not only of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, but also of Belarus as a whole, is the bison - the only artiodactyl recorded in the Red Book of the state. Today, the number of these animals in the reserve is about 415.
Reserve "Berezinsky"
Almost all reserves and national parks in Belarus have a long history. But the oldest of them is Berezinsky. Its area: 85.2 thousand hectares. It was founded in January 1925. It received the status of a biosphere reserve in 1979. On its territory, 114 endangered and rare animal species and 83 plant species are officially registered.
It must be said that a reserve was created for the protection of beavers, but later bears also appeared in it, of which today there are slightly less than half of all individuals living in the country.
More than 60% of the territory of this reserve is occupied by swamps. This is probably why the mythical hero who attracts tourists to these places is called Bolotnik.
Reserves and national parks in Belarus often become pioneers in animal protection. For example, it was in the Berezinsky Nature Reserve that they first appeared for amphibians. One of these structures is located at (122 km).
Polessky reserve
Reserves and national parks in Belarus are all very different. They differ in size, relief, and landscape. For example, the Polessky Nature Reserve is a territory of rivers, lakes and impenetrable swamps. Its area is small - 20 thousand hectares. It is located between the Bolotnitsa and Uborty rivers.
This area is very much like a taiga. It is covered with forests that are not found anywhere else in the country. There are many unique plants here. Animals are represented by forest species: lynx, elk, white hare, wood grouse, oryabok, bearded owl, etc.
Perhaps the main attraction of the reserve is beekeeping - a special form of beekeeping, which has been preserved in its original form since ancient times.
Reserves of the Republic of Belarus, Polessky in particular, with prior agreement to visit, conduct excursions. In its vicinity there are a number of water, hiking and car tourist routes.
Reserves and national parks of Belarus: "Braslav Lakes"
This protected area covers an area of 69 thousand 115 hectares. Braslav Lakes is a unique national park, founded in August 1995.
The park is famous for its amazing lakes, which bear somewhat unusual names for Belarusians - Snudy, Drivyaty, Voiso, Nedrovo and Nespish, Strusto. The protected area of the park is located on an area of 3 thousand 452 hectares.
Narochansky National Park
It occupies a much larger area than the Braslav Lakes. It reaches 97.3 thousand hectares. By the decree of the President of the country, the park was founded at the end of July 1999.
This vast territory contains 40 lakes, accounting for 17% of its area. The largest of them is the magnificent Naroch Lake. The area of the park is 80 sq. km. In addition to him, the park includes the most amazing of them - Glublya and Dead. Due to the huge deposits of carbonate, the Glubli water has an unusual greenish tint. The Dead Lake is interesting for specialists because of the complete absence of fish in its waters. And on its swampy shores you can see the sundew - a very interesting plant.
Pripyatsky park
Today we present to you not only nature reserves. And the national parks of Belarus are of great interest not only for specialists, but also for tourists. Pripyatsky Park occupies a huge area - 188 thousand 841 hectares.
As a landscape and hydrological reserve, Pripyatsky was founded in 1969. In 1996, it was transformed into a national park.
More than 40 species of rare plants and more than 72 species of mammals and birds grow on this territory. More than 500 hectares of the park are occupied by "plantations" of cranberries.
Dnepro-Sozhsky nature reserve
Finally, we present the youngest protected area. This is the Dnepro-Sozhsky nature reserve, created in 2005. It is located between the Sozh and Dnieper rivers in the Loyevsky district of the Gomel region. Its area is 1455 hectares.
The reserve can be called unique. The vegetation in this area is represented by meadows, forests, shrubs, forest bogs. Dry and floodplain oak forests have been preserved here.
The landscape is diversified by numerous channels, oxbows, inflows. A wide variety of grass, coastal water, forest and aquatic ecosystems contribute to the richness of fauna and flora.
Rare and endangered plant species that grow in the reserve include 15 species. The fauna of the reserve is represented by 140 species of birds, of which 131 species nest in this region, and 35 species of mammals.
V Republic of Belarus there are especially protected natural objects, these are unique, standard, valuable natural complexes that are of great scientific, ecological or aesthetic importance. With regard to these objects, a special regime of application and protection has been established.
Today, in order to preserve the unique ecological complexes, it is necessary to form national parks of different meanings, nature reserves and, of course, nature reserves. All of them are made in order to preserve biological and landscape abundance, prevent degradation, pollution, damage and other negative impacts, as well as to ensure their optimal use. Reserves provide very effective preservation of ecological systems, because it is on their territory that absolutely all natural ecological complexes, as well as rare and common landscapes, are taken from private farming. In the vastness of the Republic of Belarus there are two national reserves, this is the well-known radiation-ecological Polesie and Berezinsky biosphere.
In this country, since 1991, they began to organize national parks, which are natural areas of great ecological and scientific value, as well as potential recreational opportunities. In these territories, protected areas occupied from 10 to 50 percent of the vast territory of the country. In the rest of the territory, various economic activities were organized, which assumed a soft regime of nature management. The very first declared national park is Belovezhskaya Pushcha, after which such parks as Narochansky, Braslav Lakes and Pripyatsky were created.
Sanctuary, this is a specially protected natural area, created in order to restore the safety of natural complexes or their components to maintain the ecological balance.
Apart from these national parks
, the system of especially protected natural systems of the Republic of Belarus includes 85 sanctuaries of republican and 358 local importance, 305 natural monuments of national importance, as well as 542 regional levels. My area was about one and a half thousand hectares, or almost 8 percent of the entire country. These data were current as of 2010. By 2015, there is a plan to increase this level to 8.4 percent.
Do not forget that a number of especially protected natural spaces The Republic of Belarus is part of the European Bird and Botanical Areas, and is also part of the European Forestry Monitoring Network. Biosphere Berezinsky Reserve is also included in the network of international background monitoring stations together with Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Some of these territories are included by the UN in a single list of the world heritage of all mankind. These data testify to the enormous importance in the contribution of saving the natural wealth of our common home.
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Protected areas of Belarus
The protection of local flora and the protection of animals is carried out through the creation of protected natural areas: national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, reserves. The republic currently has five national parks or reserves. The very first Belarusian national park was Belovezhskaya Pushcha.
Bialowieza Forest
The national reserve "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is a natural area located in the Brest region at a distance of three hundred and fifty kilometers from the Belarusian capital.
Bialowieza Forest divided into four zones: reserved, recreational, regulated and economic zones. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is a unique place where 86% of the territory is occupied by forests with a large number of rare species of plants and animals included in the region.
Berezinsky reserve
It is located in two districts of Vitebsk and one district of Minsk region and covers an area of 76.2 thousand hectares. At the end of the 20th century, the reserve received the status of a biosphere. There are 4 types of ecosystems in the reserve - forests, swampy bogs, picturesque reservoirs and meadows.
National Park "Braslav Lakes"
The name of the park itself speaks of its advantageous location on the unique territory of the Belarusian Poozerie. The territory of the national park mainly consists of forests and lakes. In the center is located. Ecotourism, fishing and hunting are developed on the Braslav Lakes.
Narochansky park
Pripyatsky National Park
The nature of the Belarusian Polesye opens up rich fishing and hunting regions for the park's visitors, picturesque landscapes, 95 percent of which are forests, rivers and swamps.
Nalibokskaya Pushcha
Pushcha has a rather impressive size and is the second largest forest in the republic. The area of this reserve in Belarus reaches 96 thousand hectares. During the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, the territory of this region was exposed to radioactive contamination.
Many representatives of the Belarusian flora and fauna are under the protection of the state. The protection of rare species of the national flora and fauna is carried out not only on the territories of reserves and state natural parks, but also through their inclusion in a special official publication "The Red Book of the Republic of Belarus".
The protected area is one of the few in Europe where centuries-old forests and alder bogs have been preserved. The reserve is an impeccable place of life for an abundant number of animals that are extinct or extremely rare in the rest of Europe. The Berezinsky Reserve was one of the first reserves in the USSR, became a biosphere reserve (1979) - human activity is prohibited at all, and in some parts it is reduced to a minimum. The reserve is a key international center for ornithology. The fauna is represented by both numerous and rare inhabitants: lynxes, wolves, bison, deer, bears. The reserve is based on observation and research of plants and animals in their natural habitat. Experts from Switzerland, France and Germany agree that this amazing territory in Eastern Europe has a very wide range of animals, plants, forests, swamps and meadows. Now the Berezinsky Reserve is undoubtedly the highlight of the European Natural Heritage.
National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"
Belovezhsky forest or Pushcha is the main landmark of the Republic of Belarus. The largest, oldest forest in Europe, it is also the very first national park in the world - the official foundation date is 1409, when the Duke banned hunting there. And the very first mention of Pushcha dates back to 983! Due to the uniqueness of flora and fauna, the park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992. The European bison is the symbol of the Pushcha, undoubtedly, or, as the Belarusians call it, the bison is the largest European mammal and, as they say, a contemporary of the mammoth. The forest has the largest population of these magnificent animals in the world. For many years bison were the target of hunting for the nobility, but in 1557 bison were taken under protection. From 1795 to 1812 there was unlimited access to the forest and bison. In 1811 the forest suffered from fire, and then from the war of 1812. Today, the nature of the Bialowieza forest amazes with its grandeur, the density of the ancient forest, and the variety of animals and plants. Here you can see close to 60 species of animals: martens, foxes, wolves, lynxes, badgers. Aviaries in the Pushcha are located in such a way that animals feel like in their natural environment, but predators are in more closed cages.
Polesie State Radiation-Ecological Reserve
This is a unique area formed after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. After many years, the site of human tragedy has become a wildlife paradise. Here we are not talking about the protection of rare species of flora and fauna, but about their complete restoration. Now populations of bison, bears, and some species of birds of prey are returning here. This reserve is one of the few places where all restoration processes take place absolutely naturally. Nesting in the reserve, you can find such rare birds as the great and lesser spotted eagles, black storks, eagle-eaters, white-tailed eagles, kestrels, and great gray owls.
National Park "Pripyat"
Polesie is a unique land where nature is preserved in its original form. The largest protected area of Polesye is the Pripyat Park. It is one of the most unique natural complexes in Europe, and the local bogs are of international importance for the conservation of globally endangered species: the Greater Spotted Eagle, Dubalt, Greater Gritsuk. At the regional level, this area is important for the conservation of the black stork, eagle-eating eagle, and the common crane. There is a stable bison population here. This number of rare species emphasizes the importance of the territory for the conservation of biological diversity in Polesie, the Republic of Belarus and Europe as a whole.
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The protected area is one of the few in Europe where centuries-old forests and alder bogs have been preserved. The reserve is an impeccable place of life for an abundant number of animals that are extinct or extremely rare in the rest of Europe. The Berezinsky Reserve was one of the first reserves in the USSR, became a biosphere reserve (1979) - human activity is prohibited at all, and in some parts it is reduced to a minimum. The reserve is a key international center for ornithology. The fauna is represented by both numerous and rare inhabitants: lynxes, wolves, bison, deer, bears. The reserve is based on observation and research of plants and animals in their natural habitat. Experts from Switzerland, France and Germany agree that this amazing territory in Eastern Europe has a very wide range of animals, plants, forests, swamps and meadows. Now the Berezinsky Reserve is undoubtedly the highlight of the European Natural Heritage.
National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"
Belovezhsky forest or Pushcha is the main landmark of the Republic of Belarus. The largest, oldest forest in Europe, it is also the very first national park in the world - the official foundation date is 1409, when the Duke banned hunting there. And the very first mention of Pushcha dates back to 983! Due to the uniqueness of flora and fauna, the park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992. The European bison is the symbol of the Pushcha, undoubtedly, or, as the Belarusians call it, the bison is the largest European mammal and, as they say, a contemporary of the mammoth. The forest has the largest population of these magnificent animals in the world. For many years bison were the target of hunting for the nobility, but in 1557 bison were taken under protection. From 1795 to 1812 there was unlimited access to the forest and bison. In 1811 the forest suffered from fire, and then from the war of 1812. Today, the nature of the Bialowieza forest amazes with its grandeur, the density of the ancient forest, and the variety of animals and plants. Here you can see close to 60 species of animals: martens, foxes, wolves, lynxes, badgers. Aviaries in the Pushcha are located in such a way that animals feel like in their natural environment, but predators are in more closed cages.
Polesie State Radiation-Ecological Reserve
This is a unique area formed after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. After many years, the site of human tragedy has become a wildlife paradise. Here we are not talking about the protection of rare species of flora and fauna, but about their complete restoration. Now populations of bison, bears, and some species of birds of prey are returning here. This reserve is one of the few places where all restoration processes take place absolutely naturally. Nesting in the reserve, you can find such rare birds as the great and lesser spotted eagles, black storks, eagle-eaters, white-tailed eagles, kestrels, and great gray owls.
National Park "Pripyat"
Polesie is a unique land where nature is preserved in its original form. The largest protected area of Polesye is the Pripyat Park. It is one of the most unique natural complexes in Europe, and the local bogs are of international importance for the conservation of globally endangered species: the Greater Spotted Eagle, Dubalt, Greater Gritsuk. At the regional level, this area is important for the conservation of the black stork, eagle-eating eagle, and the common crane. There is a stable bison population here. This number of rare species emphasizes the importance of the territory for the conservation of biological diversity in Polesie, the Republic of Belarus and Europe as a whole.
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