Black Sea State Natural Biosphere Reserve

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2025: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the creation of the Black Sea Reserve

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved a decree on the creation of the Black Sea State Natural Biosphere Reserve, which received the status of a specially protected natural area. The new conservation zone will occupy an area of ​ ​ more than 109 thousand hectares on the territory of the Golopristan municipal district of the Kherson region. The corresponding decree was signed on June 24, 2025.

According to the press service of the Russian government, the reserve will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. The solution is aimed at preserving the wetland and steppe ecosystems of the northern coast of the Black Sea. The creation of the reserve was provided for by the program of socio-economic development of new regions, approved by the government in 2023.

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The territory of the reserve includes several sites representing various natural complexes of the seaside south of the Kherson region. More than 800 species of plants grow in the protected area, a significant part of which is listed in the Red Book of Russia. The biological diversity of the reserve is also represented by rare species of animals and birds.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev stressed the importance of creating a new specially protected natural area. He noted that the President of Russia has determined the environmental well-being of one of the national goals, and the government's task is to preserve biological diversity.

Dmitry Patrushev pointed to the especially valuable natural components of the Black Sea Reserve. Rare fauna, including marine species, live on its territory. Protected animals include black stork, pink pelican and Black Sea bottlenose dolphins. The flora of the reserve is also represented by plants included in the Red Book of Russia.^[1]

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