National Report of Ukraine Conservation of Biological Diversity

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Appendix 1

List of basic legal acts and documents on biodiversity conservation in Ukraine

The Law of Ukraine "On protection of environment" (25 June 1991).
The Land Code of Ukraine ( 13 March 1992.)
The Law of Ukraine "On Nature Conservation Fund of Ukraine" (16 June 1992).
The Law of Ukraine "On the animal world" (3 March 1993).
The Forest Code of Ukraine ( 21 January 1994).
The Mineral Resources Code of Ukraine ( 27 July 1994).
The Law of Ukraine "On ecological expertise" (9 February 1995).
The Law of Ukraine "On Exclusive Marine Economic Zone of Ukraine" (16 May 1995).
The Water Code of Ukraine ( 6 June 1995).
The Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine "On the Red Data Book of Ukraine" (29 October 1992).
The Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine "On the Program for Further Development of the Nature Conservation in Ukraine" (22 September 1994).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of the Azovo-Syvashsky National Nature Park", No. 62/93 ( 25 February 1993).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On preservation and further development of the Nature Conservation Fund of Ukraine", No. 361/93 ( 8 September 1993).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On biosphere reserves in Ukraine", No. 563/93 ( 26 November 1993).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the National Research Program and use of resources of the Azov and Black Seas basin and other regions of the World Ocean to the year 2000", No. 595/93 ( 16 December 1993).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On reservation of valuable natural territories for their subsequent conservation", No. 79/94 ( 10 April 1994 ).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of nature reservates of national importance", No. 750/94 ( 10 December 1994).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of the Vyzhnytsky National Nature Park", No. 810/95 ( 30 August 1995).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of the Podilsky Tovtry National Nature Park", No. 474/96 ( 27 June 1996).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of the Yelanetsky Steppe Nature Reserve", No. 575/96 ( 17 July 1996).
The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On organization of nature conservation territories and objects of national importance", No. 715/96 ( 20 August 1996).

The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On creation of the Syvati Hory (Holy Mountains) National Nature Park", No. 135/97 ( 13 February 1997).

The Decree of the President of Ukraine "On extending the territory of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve", No. 325/97 ( 11 April 1997).

Appendix 2

Participation of Ukraine in international conventions and agreements on biodiversity conservation

1. Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention) Paris, 1972; ratified in 1988

2. Convention on Conservation of Marine Living Resources of Antarctica Geneva, 1958; joined in 1994

3. Convention on Biological Diversity Rio de Janeiro, 1992; ratified in 1994

4. Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution Bucharest, 1992; ratified in 1994

5. International Convention on Conservation of New Breeds of Plants Paris, 1961; joined in 1995

6. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) Ramsar, 1971; joined in 1996

7. Convention for the Protection of Wild Fauna and Flora and Natural Habitats in Europe (Bern Convention) Bern, 1979; joined in 1996

8. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Washington Convention) Washington, DC., 1973; to be joined

9. Convention for the Protection of Environment of the Danube Basin Sofia, 1994; signed in 1994, to be ratified

10. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) Bonn, 1979; to be signed and ratified

11. Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe Bonn, 1991; to be signed and ratified

12. Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Hague, 1995; to be signed and ratified

13. Agreement on the Conservation of Whales and Dolphins of the Black and Mediterranean Seas and Adjacent Regions of the Atlantic Monaco, 1996; to be signed and ratified

Appendix 3

Network of nature reserves, biosphere reserves and national nature parks in Ukraine.

Name Established Established Area (ha)

Biosphere reserves:

F.E. Falz-Fein Askania-Nova" Reserve 1898 33307

Chornomorsky (Black Sea Reserve) 1927 87348

Carpathian 1968 63245

Nature reserves:

Crimean 1923 44175

Kaniv 1925 2027

Ukrainian Steppe 1961 2764

Lugansk 1968 1608

Polyssian 1968 20104

Yalta 1973 14523

"Mys Martyan" 1973 240

Karadag 1979 2855

"Dunayski Plavni" (Danube Delta) 1981 14851

"Roztochchya" 1984 2080

"Medobory" 1990 10455

Dniprovsko-Orilsky 1990 3766

"Yelanetsky Steppe" 1996 1700

"Horhany" (Gorgany Range) 1996 5300

National nature parks:

Carpathian 1980 50300

Shatsky 1983 32515

Synevirsky (Synevir Lake) 1989 40400

Azovo-Syvashsky 1993 54000

Vyzhnytsya 1996 7900

"Podilski Tovtry" 1996 261300

"Svyati Hory" (Holy Mountains) 1997 40600

Appendix 4

Major botanical gardens of Ukraine

Name Location Area,ha Established Number of species and cultivars

Botanical Garden of Dnipropetrovsk University Dnipropetrovsk 18 1930 3 000

Botanical Garden of Zhytomyr Agricultural Institute (College) Zhytomyr 35,4 1933 1 000

Acad. O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of Kyiv University Kyiv 22,5 1841 10 000

Botanical Garden of Volhynian University Lutsk 10 1977 500

Botanical Garden of Lviv University Lviv 18,5 1911 1,200

Botanical Garden of Odessa University Odessa 16 1880 2 000

Botanical Garden of Uzhgorod University Uzhgorod 4,5 1946 300

Botanical Garden of Kharkiv University Kharkiv 5,5 1804 1,700

Botanical Garden of Chernivtsi University Chernivtsi 3,5 1877 1,300

Donetsk Botanical Garden Donetsk 275,5(350,5 ) 1965 8,600

Kam'yanets-Podilsky Botanical Garden Kam'yanets-Podilsky, Khmelnitsk Region 17,5 1930 2,800

Nikita Botanical Garden Botanichne, Republic of Crimea 147,9(876,6 with branches) 1812 15000

M. M. Hryshko Central Botanical Garden Kyiv 130 1936 13 000

Appendix 5

Major arboreta (dendrological parks) of Ukraine

Dendrological parks Area,ha Established Number of species and forms

Askania-Nova 210 1887 1000

Veseli Bokovenki 109 1893 800

Vysokogirny (High Montane) 100 1967 200

Germakivsky 56 1956 1500

Dibrova 8 1972 300

Druzhba 10 1970 2000

Obroshinsky 5 1730 30

Oleksandriya (Alexandria) 201,5 1793 800

Rudkivsky 59 1967 280

Syretsky 6,5 1875 400

Sofiyivka (Sophiyivka) 152 1796 570

Storozhynetsky 17,5 1912 800

Trostyanetsky 204 1834 500

Ustymivsky 8,9 1983 470

Horostkivsky 18 1972 1500

Arboretum of Chernivtsi University 4,8 1876 100

Appendix 6

Zoos of Ukraine

Zoo Established Area, ha Total number of animals Number of species

Kyiv 1908 39,5 2500 420

Mykolayiv 1901 23,0 2000 300

Kharkiv 1895 22,0 1000 240

Odessa 1938 6,5 1500 200

Mena 1977 9,0 800 200

Askania-Nova 1898 2300,0 5400 111

Cherkassy 1980 8,0 200 100

Appendix 7

List of scientific objects of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (UAA) proposed for inclusion into the State Register of Natural Heritage Scientific Objects

N	Name of object	Responsible institution
1.	Ukrainian Nature Steppe Reserve	NASU
2.	Black Sea Biosphere Reserve	NASU
3.	Nature Reserve "Dunayski Plavni"	NASU
4.	Lugansk Nature Reserve	NASU
5.	Karadag Nature Reserve	NASU
6.	Dendrological Reserve Oleksandriya (Alexandria)	NASU
7.	Dendrological Reserve Sofiyivka (Sophiyivka)	NASU
8.	Dendrological Reserve Trostyanets	NASU
9.	Collections and expositions of the National Natural History Museum	National Natural History Museum
10.	Collections of cultivars, hybrids, lines and strains of agricultural crops	Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics NASU
11.	Herbarium, collections and expositions of the State Natural History Museum, Lviv	State Natural History Museum NASU
12.	Dolphinarium of the A. A. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas	Institute of Biology of Southern Seas NASU
13.	Collection of plants (KW Herbarium) of the M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NASU	State Natural History Museum NASU
14.	Greenhouses, herbarium and living collections of the M. M. Hryshko	Central Botanical Garden NASU
15.	Greenhouses, herbarium and living collections of the Donetsk Botanical Garden	Donetsk Botanical Garden NASU
16.	Greenhouses, herbarium and collections of the Kryvyi Rig Botanical Garden NASU	Kryvyi Rig Botanical Garden NASU
17.	Collection of microbial cultures of the D. K. Zabolotny	Institute of Microbiology and Virolo
18.	Gene bank, collection of recombinant DNA, collection of microbes-producers of medicinal substances of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics NASU	Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics NASU
19.	Cryobank of biological objects of the Institute of Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine NASU	Institute of Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine NASU
20.	Bank of cell lines of the P. E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology NASU	Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology NASU
21.	. Bank of cell lines of the O. O. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology NASU	Institute of Physiology NASU
22.	F. E. Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve "Askania-Nova"	UAA
23.	Arboretum of the State Nikita Botanical Garden UAA	State Nikita Botanical Garden UAA
24.	Center of plant genetic resources ofV. Ya. Yur'yev	Institute of Plant-Growing UAA
25.	Collection of microbial strains for wine production "Magarach"	Institute of Grape and Wine UAA
26.	Bank of microbial strains of veterinarian importance	Institute of Veterinary UAA
27.	Bank of animal genetic resources	Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics UAA
28.	Collection of rare breeds of chicken	Institute of Fowl Breeding UAA
29.	Biotechnology complex	Institute of Selection and Genetics UAA

1.	Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)	Paris, 1972; ratified in 1988
2.	Convention on Conservation of Marine Living Resources of Antarctica	Geneva, 1958; joined in 1994
3.	Convention on Biological Diversity	Rio de Janeiro, 1992; ratified in 1994
4.	Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution	Bucharest, 1992; ratified in 1994
5.	International Convention on Conservation of New Breeds of Plants	Paris, 1961; joined in 1995
6.	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)	Ramsar, 1971; joined in 1996
7.	Convention for the Protection of Wild Fauna and Flora and Natural Habitats in Europe (Bern Convention)	Bern, 1979; joined in 1996
8.	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Washington Convention)	Washington, DC., 1973; to be joined
9.	Convention for the Protection of Environment of the Danube Basin	Sofia, 1994; signed in 1994, to be ratified
10.	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)	Bonn, 1979; to be signed and ratified
11.	Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe	Bonn, 1991; to be signed and ratified
12.	Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds	Hague, 1995; to be signed and ratified
13.	Agreement on the Conservation of Whales and Dolphins of the Black and Mediterranean Seas and Adjacent Regions of the Atlantic	Monaco, 1996; to be signed and ratified

Name Established	Established	Area (ha)
Biosphere reserves:
F.E. Falz-Fein Askania-Nova" Reserve	1898	33307
Chornomorsky (Black Sea Reserve)	1927	87348
Carpathian	1968	63245
Nature reserves:
Crimean	1923	44175
Kaniv	1925	2027
Ukrainian Steppe	1961	2764
Lugansk	1968	1608
Polyssian	1968	20104
Yalta	1973	14523
"Mys Martyan"	1973	240
Karadag	1979	2855
"Dunayski Plavni" (Danube Delta)	1981	14851
"Roztochchya"	1984	2080
"Medobory"	1990	10455
Dniprovsko-Orilsky	1990	3766
"Yelanetsky Steppe"	1996	1700
"Horhany" (Gorgany Range)	1996	5300
National nature parks:
Carpathian	1980	50300
Shatsky	1983	32515
Synevirsky (Synevir Lake)	1989	40400
Azovo-Syvashsky	1993	54000
Vyzhnytsya	1996	7900
"Podilski Tovtry"	1996	261300
"Svyati Hory" (Holy Mountains)	1997	40600

Name	Location Area,ha	Established	Number of species and cultivars
Botanical Garden of Dnipropetrovsk University Dnipropetrovsk	18	1930	3 000
Botanical Garden of Zhytomyr Agricultural Institute (College) Zhytomyr	35,4	1933	1 000
Acad. O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of Kyiv University Kyiv	22,5	1841	10 000
Botanical Garden of Volhynian University Lutsk	10	1977	500
Botanical Garden of Lviv University Lviv	18,5	1911	1,200
Botanical Garden of Odessa University Odessa	16	1880	2 000
Botanical Garden of Uzhgorod University Uzhgorod	4,5	1946	300
Botanical Garden of Kharkiv University Kharkiv	5,5	1804	1,700
Botanical Garden of Chernivtsi University Chernivtsi	3,5	1877	1,300
Donetsk Botanical Garden Donetsk	275,5(350,5 )	1965	8,600
Kam'yanets-Podilsky Botanical Garden Kam'yanets-Podilsky, Khmelnitsk Region	17,5	1930	2,800
Nikita Botanical Garden Botanichne, Republic of Crimea	147,9(876,6 with branches)	1812	15000
M. M. Hryshko Central Botanical Garden Kyiv	130	1936	13 000

Dendrological parks	Area,ha	Established	Number of species and forms
Askania-Nova	210	1887	1000
Veseli Bokovenki	109	1893	800
Vysokogirny (High Montane)	100	1967	200
Germakivsky	56	1956	1500
Dibrova	8	1972	300
Druzhba	10	1970	2000
Obroshinsky	5	1730	30
Oleksandriya (Alexandria)	201,5	1793	800
Rudkivsky	59	1967	280
Syretsky	6,5	1875	400
Sofiyivka (Sophiyivka)	152	1796	570
Storozhynetsky	17,5	1912	800
Trostyanetsky	204	1834	500
Ustymivsky	8,9	1983	470
Horostkivsky	18	1972	1500
Arboretum of Chernivtsi University	4,8	1876	100

Zoo	Established	Area, ha	Total number of animals	Number of species
Kyiv	1908	39,5	2500	420
Mykolayiv	1901	23,0	2000	300
Kharkiv	1895	22,0	1000	240
Odessa	1938	6,5	1500	200
Mena	1977	9,0	800	200
Askania-Nova	1898	2300,0	5400	111
Cherkassy	1980	8,0	200	100