National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha - Belarus

The United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park of Belarus and Poland as a World Natural Heritage in 1979.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park - World natural heritage in Belarus

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park was founded in 1921 when it was in Poland. By 1932, Belarus followed the step of establishing a garden in its territory. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is the Bialowieza forest, located upstream of the rivers that flow into the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea .

The national park is located in a transitional climate between the temperate climate in the south and the cold climate in the north and is therefore called a mixed forest. The main plants in the garden are year-round plants with green leaves and wide canopy. Among them are some common species such as pine, oak, spruce . and about 138 species of shrubs. Belovezhskaya National Park Pushcha is the oldest existing and growing forest in Europe with history formed over 8,000 years ago. This is also the typical primeval forest remaining in Europe.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is also the second most famous forest in Europe in the territory of Belarus and Poland. In 1979, Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park was recognized by Unesco as a World Natural Heritage. One year later, Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park was recognized as a World Biosphere Reserve . In 1997, appreciating the preservation and maintenance of ecological diversity at Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, the Council of Europe awarded the recognition of the conservation work here.

Rich flora in the national park Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park today is the remnant of the vast ancient forest over 8000 years ago, stretching from the Baltich Sea to the Bug River, from Order to Dnepr. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is famous throughout Europe because it has old oak trees that are over 600 years old; The ash, pine and spruce trees here are also over 350 years old.

Besides the extremely rich flora and fauna, the national park is also famous for its diverse animal population.Especially, there is the famous Bison breed.Bison is a symbol of Belarus.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park also leads Europe in the number of plants and animals. Wildlife researchers and researchers have studied, calculated and reported that there are 958 plant species including 260 mosses, 570 species of fungi growing in the garden. The fauna consists of 59 mammals, 227 bird species and more than 11,000 invertebrate species. For researchers and zoologists, Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is a place that preserves extremely valuable genes and is one of the largest big places today.

Not only famous for its history, scale, old oak trees but Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park also owns the largest herd of Bizon cattle in Europe. Up to now, the number of cows counted in the garden has about 400 animals. Bison is a symbol of Belarus and is also a symbol of this biosphere reserve.

Winter and spring in the national park Belovezhskay Pushcha

To obtain the current number of Bison cows is the work of biologist Lyudmila Korochkina . In fact, for a long time, Bison in the national park was extinct because of poaching. Biologist Lyudmila Korochkina initiated the introduction of Bison cattle back to the National Park and work was done immediately after the end of World War II. Thanks to the great work of biologist Lyudmila Korochkina, today the National Park has obtained such a number of Bison individuals.

Free living in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park also has countless other wildlife species such as deer, wild rabbits, wild cats, wild boars, wild horses, bobcat, eagle, eagle . but dense things Especially, no bear appeared in this area.

Not only history, diverse flora and fauna with rare and precious wild animals and old trees. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is also famous throughout Europe because there is also the Garden of Belarusian Old Man . Besides this beautiful mansion there is also a small house of Belarusian old Santa niece. There is also the highest pine tree in Europe with a height of over 40 meters and 120 years of age. It can be said that this forest corner has become a legend, known throughout the world. Every Christmas, Old Snow receives thousands of letters from all over the world every day. The Belarusian snowman so became a symbol of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park.