Only natural monument status can guarantee all-encompassing protection for old-growth forests in Ukraine.
In 2018-2019, WWF-Ukraine initiated the establishment of 37 forest natural monuments with the total area of 4750.8 ha within the Trans-Carpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk Regions to ensure the protection of the oldest Ukrainian Carpathian forests. After two years of intense lobbying and research, WWF-Ukraine announces that their efforts have been successful and the area of protected old-growth forest nature monuments in Ukraine has increased 50-fold. To date, more than 25,000 hectares of virgin, quasi-virgin and natural forests within the Carpathians have received confirmation of their status from the local forestry enterprises.
Only natural monument status can guarantee all-encompassing protection for old-growth forests in Ukraine. The designation means that all types of logging, construction of roads, grazing, transportation and any other human activity that could harm the forest ecosystem is prohibited. The special old-growth forest natural monuments category of protected areas was introduced to Ukrainian legislation in 2017. The regime of protection within old-growth forest natural monuments equals those in nature reserves and in strictly protected zones in national parks.
4750 Hectares of Old-Growth Ukrainian Forest Receive the Highest Level of Protection
In 2018-2019, WWF-Ukraine initiated the establishment of 37 forest natural monuments with the total area of 4750.8 ha within the Trans-Carpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk Regions to ensure the protection of the oldest Ukrainian Carpathian forests. After two years of intense lobbying and research, WWF-Ukraine announces that their efforts have been successful and the area of protected old-growth forest nature monuments in Ukraine has increased 50-fold. To date, more than 25,000 hectares of virgin, quasi-virgin and natural forests within the Carpathians have received confirmation of their status from the local forestry enterprises.
Only natural monument status can guarantee all-encompassing protection for old-growth forests in Ukraine. The designation means that all types of logging, construction of roads, grazing, transportation and any other human activity that could harm the forest ecosystem is prohibited. The special old-growth forest natural monuments category of protected areas was introduced to Ukrainian legislation in 2017. The regime of protection within old-growth forest natural monuments equals those in nature reserves and in strictly protected zones in national parks.
4750 Hectares of Old-Growth Ukrainian Forest Receive the Highest Level of Protection