ЛАНДШАФТНА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАТИВНІСТЬ ПРИРОДНО-ЗАПОВІДНОГО ФОНДУ УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

The article provides the functional analysis of the regional distribution of the territory of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine for the optimal conservation and protection of protected landscape diversity. Assessment of the representation of landscapes in the modern network of Nature Reserve Fund is based on natural and biosphere reserves, national nature parks, which has the status of the highest category in accordance with regional physical and geographical areas – natural areas (subzones), provinces (country), landscape divisions. The constant monitoring analysis of the state of representativeness of the nature reserve fund on the basis of geographical criteria is considered relevant and at the same time difficult. The aim of the research was to assess the degree of representativeness of the modern network of biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks in accordance with the system of physical and geographical zoning of Ukraine. The main method used was the identification and accounting of nature reserves at the levels of physical-geographical regions, provinces, zones and mountainous countries. These physical and geographical ranks are not equally provided by the studied objects. Most biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks are located in the steppe zone (24) and the Ukrainian Carpathians (15). The highest reserve index (10,4 %), which is formed by biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks, was found for the zone of deciduous forests. Slightly more than a third (36 %) of the physical-geographical provinces are provided with biosphere reserves and reserves. A much higher (80 %) degree of representativeness of branches of biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks has developed at the level of physical and geographical areas. Categorically the most developed and territorially dense regional networks of objects are observed in the Ukrainian Carpathians and Polissya province. Accordingly, most of the biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks have the following physical and geographical areas of these two natural regions: the Outer Carpathians (8 sites), Polonynsko-Chornohirska (7 sites) and Volyn Polissya (7 sites). In the steppe zone of Ukraine, the highest levels of representativeness of protected landscapes are observed in Starobilsk slopeupland (5 objects) and Lower Dnieper terrace-delta (5 objects) regions. Five regions of the Dniester-Dnieper forest-steppe province do not have biosphere and nature reserves, national nature parks, which indicates the lowest level of representativeness of protected landscapes in the foreststeppe zone of Ukraine.