Protected areas of Belarus

The protected areas of Belarus are governed by the 1994 law "About the Protected Nature Areas" (Об особо охраняемых природных территориях).

A number of areas are classified as Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

In 1939 the Belovezhskaya Pushcha zapovednik was created, in the territory added to BSSR after the Soviet invasion of Poland.

In 1996, the Pripyat nature reserve was classified as the Pripyatsky National Park In 2008,[2] there were five zapovedniks and national parks, 84 zakazniks of national significance, 349 zakazniks of local significance, 305 nature monuments of national significance, and 544 nature monuments of local significance.

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