National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry"

Podilian Tovtry (Подільські Товтри)
Medobory
National nature park
View of the entrance to the park, near the historic town of Bakota.
Name origin: Tovtry, specific term for local hills
Country	Ukraine
Region	southern portion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Districts	Chemerivtsi Raion, Horodok Raion, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
City	Kamianets-Podilsky
Lake	Bakota Bay
Rivers	Smotrych River, Zbruch River, Dniester, Ushytsia River
Highest point
- elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Area	2,613.16 km2 (1,009 sq mi)
Founded	July 27, 1996
Management	Ministry of Natural Environment Protection of Ukraine
- location	Kiev
IUCN category	II - National Park
Location of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine
Website: http://www.tovtry.com/

National Nature Park "Podilski Tovtry" (Ukrainian: Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Поді́льські То́втри») is a national park, located in the Horodok, Kamianets-Podilskyi, and the Chemerivtsi Raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in southern region of the western Ukraine. It is the biggest nature conservation area in Ukraine.

The National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry" was created on the decree #476/96 of the President of Ukraine, then Leonid Kuchma, on July 27, 1996, in order to maintain and protect the natural landscape of the Podillia region. The park is a nature-conservational, recreational, culturally enlightening, and scientifically researching institution of national importance. According to the Law of Ukraine of September 21, 2000 #1989-III, the National nature park "Podilski Tovtry" belongs to the National Ecological Network of Ukraine of the Podillya region (Podillya).

The park's area covers 2,613.16 km² (645,725.9 acre). There are 1,700 different types of flora, 60 of which are included in the Red Book of Ukraine. Also there are 217 different types of fauna, 29 of which are included in the Red Book of Ukraine as well. In total there are 127 objects of nature conservation which contain about 3,000 different types, forms, and sorts of plants.

The park is divided into several functional zones: sacred zone, regulated recreation zone, stationary recreation zone, and managed zone. In those zones are located 21 stationary recreation institutions (such as sanatoriums, profilactoriums, tourist resorts, holiday homes, etc.), some 160 industrial companies, collective and individual farming that cause harm to nature. Therefore, the main goal of the National nature park is the preservation of natural diversity, creation of the organized zones of recreation and wellness.