Transcript Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya”

Біосферний резерват “Розточчя”
Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya”
Date of establishment:
Nature Reserve “Roztochya”,October 5, 1984
National Nature Park “Yavorivskyi”,July 3,1998
Regional Landscape Park “Ravske Roztochya”, June 3,2007
Managing authority:
Ministry of education and science of Ukraine,
Ukraine Ministry of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine
Nomination Form of “Roztochya” Reserve is submitted to
UNESCO in 2010 .
Nomination is recommended for approval by IACBR in 2011.
Біосферний резерват “Розточчя”
Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya”
Map of the Ukrainian-Polish BRR
Біосферний резерват “Розточчя”
Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya”
 Area: 74416,0 ha : of which are directly managed by 2084.5 ha
Nature Reserve “Roztochya”, 7078.6 ha National Nature Park
“Yavorivskyi”, 19103 ha Regional Landscape Park “Ravske
Roztochya” and 46149,9 ha are managed by other land users.
 Territorial structure:one massif, 13 core zones
 Location: in west Ukraine, on the eastern border of the European
Union
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Functional zoning:
Core area (А) – 4,5 %;
Buffer zone (В) – 14,6 %;
Transition area (С) – 80,9 %;
 Staff consist of organizations of protected area: 39 rangers, 15
scientists, 8 specialists on ecological education, 3 specialists on ecotourism
and recreation.
Біосферний резерват “Розточчя”
Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya”
The territory of the Biosphere Reserve includes typical for Roztochya
forests (47.1%), meadows (8.4%), wetlands (1%), water
ecosystems (3.5%).
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ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FUNCTIONING ZONES
 Core area: nature protection and scientific activities; biocenotic
monitoring; observation of successions; elaboration and
implementation of measures about restoration of the water
ecosystems, preservation of rare species in the region.
 Buffer zones: carrying out traditional activities, such as
cultivation and use of forest (without clear cuts ), reconstruction
of transformed tree-stands, maintaining of traditional agriculture,
fishing, collecting mushrooms, berries and medical herbs,
development of traditional crafts, scientific work and ecological
education work.
 Transition area: traditional cultivation and use of forests
resources, wood processing, agriculture, fishing, hunting,
business activities.
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BIODIVERSITY
 Flora: more than 2200 species (1342 high vascular plant
species), 88 of which are rare and listed to the Red Data
Book of Ukraine, and 7 are included into the international
conservation lists.
 Fauna: more than 2500 species (347 vertebrate species),
276 of which are rare, 38 are listed to the Red Data Book
of Ukraine and to the international conservation lists, 26
invertebrate species are listed to the Red Data Book of
Ukraine and to the international conservation lists.
 Vegetation: around 194 vegetation associations, 17 of
which are listed to the Green Data Book of Ukraine.
 Endangered habitat types: 25.
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OTHER NATURAL VALUES:
 European pine-beech and pine-oak-beech forests on the
border of the natural habitat.
 Colonies of bats.
 Sources and streams that form many small rivers in the
main European watershed.
 Small rivers that start here and form the catchments for
the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea.
 Sources with the medicinal water.
 Outputs of rocks, limestone with rare calcifilous flora.
 Bogs with rare plant species.
 Viable populations of large mammals (wolf, moose,
beaver, lynx), raptors (white tailed eagle, osprey).
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USING THE PROTECTED AREA FOR
ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
There are two environmental educational
center’s in the BRR. On a regular basis
environmental
thematic
conversations,
seminars and lessons with youth group took
part there and in schools of the region. Also,
they carry out popular ecological actions –
“Pure Environment”, “Day of Environment”,
“Day of Birds”, “Day of a Tree”, “Day of
Reserves and Parks” and “Bird of the Year”.
Generally, the state of environmental
awareness of local people is sufficiently
high, however, the levels of ecological
consciousness and self-responsibility still
need to be improved.
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
 Chronicles of nature is the basic scientific topic for nature reserves and
nature parks of Ukraine, as well as the main form of generalization of
research outcomes. This is actually the program of overall
environmental monitoring.
 BRR has a significant scientific basis: 32 scientific forestry plots, 48
botanical plots,14 zoological trails, 5 entomological plots, 2
phenological trails, 1 weather stations, 1 hydrological station, a
network of inventory plots and trails.
 An important element of the scientific activity is organizing international
conferences and workshops, seminars, and participation in
international projects. The active cooperation with the Polish part of
Roztochya region is done.
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INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
"Problems and prospects of environmental protection facilities in Roztochya”,
t.Shklo,6-7.07.2000.
"Roztoczanskiy zbir -2000”, t.Starychy, 17-19.11.2000.
“Natural and historical values in Roztochya”, Horynec, Poland, 15-17 May 2001.
Conference of Young Scientists of Ukraine "Actual problems of floristics,
systematics, ecology and conservation phytodiversity", 2002.
"Biosphere Reserve as a model of sustainable development of territories and
objects of nature reserves", 2003.
"Cultural and Tourist Attractions - the basis of Roztochya, Zamość (Poland),
2007
"The scientific basis of preservation of the diversity of insects in the Roztochya
nature reserve”, 2008, 2009, 2010.
"Problems and prospects for environmental education”. 2009. Ivano-Frankove,
Ukraine.
"National parks in the national ecological networks: current status, problems and
prospects", 2008.
International training “Museums are mirrors of our history and heritage”,
November 23-24, 2006, Ivano-Frankove, Ukraine.
“Natural research on Roztochya”- July 1-3, 2010 Ivano-Frankove, Ukraine.
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PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS
 Program CBC TASIC, project “Roztochya Integrated
Development and Guardianship Enterprise – RIDGE Phase2”
(2001-2007);
 Ukrainian-Polish project Central Bicycle Route
Roztochya(Kraśnik-Lviv) - a joint tourist product on the
Ukrainian-Polish Roztochya", 2007;
 Ukrainian-Polish project "Our Roztochya - promotion of tourism
and cultural merits of the Polish-Ukrainian border area", 2006 ;
 “Functional monitoring of forest ecosystems of “Roztochya”
(2007-2008);
 “Help to save the aesculapian snakes (Elaphe longissima), which
are rare species in the hole Europe” was financed by The
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine 2008;
 “International biosphere reservation “Roztochya” territory
structuring by the analysis of transboundary watershed forestry
ecosystems’ potentials. 0109U001468” (2010-2011).
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SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL BOARD (STB)
 Scientists, conservationists , NGOs, local authorities,
managers of the forestry enterprise, universities'
delegates, and other experts are involved into the
management of scientific, education and conservation
activity of the reserve through the Scientific-Technical
Board. The Board prepares recommendations for basic
issues of planning and implementation, funding, staff and
logistic issues of BRR. Members of the ScientificTechnical Board are scientists, stakeholders and other
experts, whose activity is connected to nature protection,
protected area system and scientific research.
 The Scientific-Technical Board taken place 3 times per
year.
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Cultural heritage
 The cultural Christian objects are included into the transition
zone, such as Krehivskiy monastery, Stradchanskіy caves
monastery,
 Wooden churches;
 Traditional handicrafts;
 Wooden architecture;
 Hand made toys, hand crafted wood, needlework.
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TOURISM AND RECREATION
 - educational tourism;
 - scientific tourism (acquaintance with original
forest and aquatic ecosystems, biodiversity,
observation of rare species of flora and
fauna);
 - sport (bike, horse and walking routes,
fishing, kayaks, sailing ship etc);
 - mushroom and berry picking;
 - water tourism;
 - green tourism;
 - religious tourism (pilgrimage to the
Stradchanska caves monastery, to Krehiv
monastery, to the wooden church 1502, to the
village Potelychi, to the Synagogue in
Nemyriv, Jewish Cemetary in Nemyriv, town
of Ivano-Frankove, town of Zhovkva)
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SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
 The BR territory consist more than 120
villages. The total population in the region
of BR is more than 52 thousand residents.
 The villages are generally traditional with
a gradient from houses with gardens, and
in-fields used for growing food or as
orchards, to fields and meadows.
 Use of non-wood forest products, medical
herbs collection, and fishery are quite
important for rural livelihoods.
 The establishment of the biosphere
reserve will support development of the
green tourism, recreation, and
infrastructures.
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 Preservation of the nature,
 culture,
 traditions
Thank you for attention!
Biosphere Reserve “Roztochya
[email protected]
Town of Ivano-Frankove
Yavoriv district, Lviv region
Ukraine,81070