Askaniya-Nova Biosphere Reserve
1984
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 1984, in Ukraine. Askaniya-Nova Biosphere Reserve represents the Black Sea southern-steppe biogeographic province. It is situated 60 km south-east of the town of Kakhovka, close to the Black Sea. Within this area, the Festuca and Stipa steppe ecosystem has been conserved like an island in the Dnieper–Molochnoe lowland, which otherwise has intensive land use practices.