Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
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| Карпатський біосферний заповідник | |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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Hoverla area
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| Location | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°13′N 24°22′E / 48.217°N 24.367°ECoordinates: 48°13′N 24°22′E / 48.217°N 24.367°E |
| Area | 57,880 hectares (143,000 acres) |
| Established | 1968, 1992 |
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (CBR) (Ukrainian: Карпатський біосферний заповідник) is a biosphere reserve that was established as a zapovednik (nature reserve) in 1968 and became part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO in 1992. Since 2007 bigger portion of the reserve along with some territories of the Uzh River National Park was listed with the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany.
Located in the eastern parts of the Zakarpattia Oblast, it consists of six separate preservation massifs and two botanic zakazniks (Chorna Hora and Yulivska Hora) with a total area of 57,880 hectares (143,000 acres). The greatest part of the reserve is covered by virgin forests. Administratively, the biosphere reserve is located in four districts of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
It is adjacent to the Carpathian National Nature Park.
The territory of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is divided into several functional zones: core (A) and buffer zones (B), zone of the regulated protected regime (D) and anthropogenic landscapes (C). They differ one from another by the nature use regimes. Such division helps to achieve the most appropriate balance between nature protection needs and the requirements of local people.
The biosphere reserve consists of six separate preservation massifs as well as two botanical reserves (zakazniks).
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