Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 1978, in Belarus. The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is a representative example of the southern European taiga zone. It is located about 100 km north-east of Minsk on the edge of the watersheds between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is a patchwork of boreal coniferous and broad-leafed forests, lakes, watercourses, marshlands and flood plains, and it contains one of the largest undrained peat bogs in Eastern Europe, at 11,000 ha. Its populations of wolves, bears and bison, together with its rich bird life, attract many scientists.