Biosphere reserves of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Біосферні резервати України|translit=Biosferni rezervaty Ukrayiny) are preservation territories of international importance that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian legislation has its own regulations about biosphere reserves which differs slightly from international. Nonetheless, Ukraine recognizes the International designation for natural conservation as well. Thus in Ukraine exist two concepts: biosphere reserves and biosphere preserves (Ukrainian: біосферні заповідники|translit=biosferni zapovidnyky|link=no).
Biosphere preserves existed in the Soviet Union before establishment of the UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1971. Particularly in Ukraine, Carpathian Biosphere Reserve was created in 1968, but was admitted to the MAB programme only after fall of the Soviet Union in 1992.
The Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, which was created by the President in 2016,[1] is a biosphere preserve (zapovidnyk) but not a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Since 2012 there are eight biosphere reserves in Ukraine from the original three that the country inherited from the Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR).
| No. | Name | Est. | UNESCO | Area (ha) | Regions | Managing Authority | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | 1985 | 33,307 | National Academy of Agrarian Sciences | Seven Natural Wonders | |||
| 2 | 1983 | 1984 | 89,129 | |||||
| 3 | 1968 | 1992 | 57,880 | Ministry of Ecology of Ukraine | World Heritage Site | |||
| 4 | Danube Biosphere Reserve (Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve) | 1998 | 1998 | 50,252 | Odesa Oblast, Romania | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | transboundary | |
| 5 | Uzh National Nature Park and San River Regional Landscape Park (East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve) | NNP | 1998 | 58,587 | Zakarpattia and Lviv Oblasts, Poland, Slovakia | International Cooperative Administration | World Heritage Site, transboundary | |
| - | Shatsk Biosphere Reserve[2] | NNP | 2002 | 48,977 | became part of West Polesie in 2012 | |||
| 6 | NNP | 2009 | 58,293 | |||||
| 7 | Roztochchia Biosphere Reserve | NP | 2011 | Lviv Oblast, Poland | ||||
| 8 | West Polesie | NNP | 2012 | 75,075 | Belarus, Poland, Ukraine | transboundary[3] |