| Baikal Nature Reserve | |
| Alt Name: | Russian: Байка́льский запове́дник |
| Iucn Category: | ia |
| Photo Alt: | Baikal Zapovednik |
| Photo Width: | 280px |
| Map: | Russia |
| Map Alt: | Relief map of Russia |
| Map Width: | 280px |
| Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Buryatia, Russia |
| Nearest City: | Irkutsk |
| Coordinates: | 51.3433°N 105.1575°W |
| Area: | 165700ha |
| Created: | 1969 |
| Governing Body: | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) |
| Administrator: | FGBU Baikal Reserve |
| Website: | Reserve website, in Russian |
The Baikal Nature Reserve (; Russian: Байка́льский запове́дник) is a nature reserve and "zapovednik" on the southeast shore of Lake Baikal, in southern Buryatia, Russia. Also called Baikal Zapovednik, it was established in 1969 for preserving the nature along the lake and the neighboring central part of the Khamar-Daban Range. The area of this nature reserve is 165700abbr=~NaNabbr=~. It hosts dark pine taiga (silver fir, cedar, spruce), thin forests, Siberian Dwarf Pine and rhododendron underbrush, subalpine meadows, and alpine tundras. The Baikal Nature Reserve is home to 812 kinds of plants, 49 types of mammals, 272 birds, 3 reptiles, 3 amphibians, and 7 types of fish. The reserve is also home to East Siberian brown bear, Baikal lynx, wolverine, otter, osprey, and golden eagle. The Baikal Nature Reserve is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (also see List of biosphere reserves in the Russian Federation). The reserve is also a part of the Lake Baikal World Heritage Site. The Kabansky Nature Zakaznik, across, was transferred under the jurisdiction of the Baikal Nature Reserve in 1985.[1] [2]
Since March 2011 the 78373ha territory of the Altacheisky Federal Reserve in the Selenga Highlands falls under the jurisdiction of the Baikal Nature Reserve.[3]