Roztochya Biosphere Reserve

Roztochya Biosphere Reserve

Nearest city	Lviv, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°1′0″N 23°37′0″E / 50.01667°N 23.61667°E / 50.01667; 23.61667Coordinates: 50°1′0″N 23°37′0″E / 50.01667°N 23.61667°E / 50.01667; 23.61667
Area	30,000 hectares (120 sq mi)
Established	2011

The Roztochya Biosphere Reserve (Ukrainian: Розточчя, Roztochia or Roztochya) (established 2011) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Ukraine. Roztochya, Ukraine, has a total size of 74,800 hectares (289 sq mi) with its main economic activities including agriculture, stock-breeding and fish farming. The site is located on the north-western edge of the Podillya Upland, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city of Lviv, with an area of 30,000 hectares (120 sq mi). The site attracts visitors to its sanatoria and there are plans for developing business and tourism. There is on-going and planned cooperation with Poland in the Roztochya region.

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National Conservation Areas of Nature in Ukraine

Biosphere reserves	Askania-Nova Black Sea Carpathian Danube East Carpathian Roztochya

Nature reserves	Cape Martian Chalk Flora Cheremske Crimea Dnieper-Oril Drevlyans Gorgany Kaniv Karadag Kazantyp Luhansk Medobory Michael's Virgin Land Opuk Polissya Provallya Steppe Rivne Roztochya Stanychno-Luhanske Stone Tombs Striletsky Steppe Swan Islands Ukrainian Steppe Yalta Mount-Forest Yelanets Steppe

National nature parks	Azov Azov-Syvash Blue Mountain Buzk's Gard Carpathian Charming Harbor Cheremosh Derman-Ostroh Desna-Starahuta Dvorichna Dzharylhak Great Meadow Halych Hetman Holosiiv Holy Mountains Homolsh Woods Hutsulshchyna Ichnya Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav Karmelyuk's Podillya Khotyn Kremenets Mountains Lower Dniester Lower Sula Mezynsky Northern Podillya Podilian Tovtry Prypiat-Stokhid Pyryatyn Shatsk Siversky Donetsk Skole Beskids Sloboda Synevir Tuzly Lagoons Uzhanian Verkhovyna Vyzhnytsia White lake Yavoriv Zalissya

Categories of protected areas of Ukraine

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