Nature reserves and national parks, wildlife preserves and nature sanctuaries
Author: booker added 18-09-2013, 20:27
Chapter of "Tourism and Tourist Resources in the Republic of Belarus. Statistical Book"
5. TOURIST RESOURCES
ACTIVITIES OF CULTURE AND ARTS ORGANISATIONS
5.22. Nature reserves and national parks, wildlife preserves and nature sanctuaries (as of January 1, 2011)
| Nature reserves and national parks (1) |
Wildlife preserves of national importance (2) |
|||||
| entities |
thsd. hectares |
percent of the region’s territory |
entities |
thsd. hec- tares |
percent of the region’s territory |
|
| Republic of Belarus | 53) |
480,9 |
2,3 |
853) |
842,9 |
4,1 |
| Regions: | ||||||
| Brest | 1 |
87,0 |
2,7 |
17 |
321,2 |
9,8 |
| Vitebsk | 3 |
134,9 |
3,4 |
22 |
166,0 |
4,1 |
| Gomel | 1 |
82,3 |
2,0 |
11 |
86,5 |
2,1 |
| Grodno | 2 |
65,4 |
2,6 |
14 |
126,3 |
5,0 |
| Minsk City | – |
– |
– |
1 |
0,05 |
– |
| Minsk | 2 |
111,3 |
2,8 |
20 |
110,0 |
2,8 |
| Mogilev | – |
– |
– |
3 |
32,8 |
1,1 |
| Wildlife preserves of local importance(2) |
Nature sanctuaries, entities(2) |
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| entities |
thsd. hectares |
percent of the region’s terri- tory |
of national importance |
of local importance |
|
| Republic of Belarus |
353 |
256,9 |
1,2 |
306 |
547 |
| Regions: | |||||
| Brest |
27 |
41,7 |
1,3 |
31 |
47 |
| Vitebsk |
80 |
53,9 |
1,3 |
76 |
143 |
| Gomel |
50 |
25,2 |
0,6 |
13 |
54 |
| Grodno |
36 |
65,3 |
2,6 |
88 |
128 |
| Minsk City |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
| Minsk |
33 |
26,7 |
0,7 |
82 |
108 |
| Mogilev |
127 |
44,1 |
1,5 |
14 |
67 |
(1) Excluding Polessky State Radiation and Ecological Reserve.
(2) Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
The total number of nature reserves, national parks and wildlife preserves of national importance is given considering the fact that the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, the National Park “Belovezhskaya Puscha”, the National Park “Narochansky” and 3 wildlife preserves of national importance are situated in the territory of 2 or more regions.
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