East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve


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.

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 and the two neighbouring landscape parks called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park and San Valley Landscape Park ;
;In Slovakia: Poloniny National Park and adjacent areas;
;In Ukraine: Uzhanian National Nature Park and Nadsiansky Regional Landscape Park.