Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

The article analyzes the accessory of artificially created protected territories of the Ukrainian Carpathians in terms of their physical and geographical zoning. The Carpathian region plays an important role in the protection of the environment, and natural protected areas, including those artificially created, serve as an ecological corridor between Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Artificial protected areas also play an important role in enriching plant diversity. The Ukrainian Carpathians belong to the Eastern Carpathians and they are divided into seven natural physical and geographical regions. Within these areas there are 69 artificially created protected areas with a total area of 941.84 hectares. Mostly on the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians are park-monuments of landscape garden art – 60, and the least – botanical gardens (two). Zoological parks are absent. Among the areas where artificial protected objects are located, the pre- Carpathian hill region is the most represented. The least, one object, is Vododilno- Verhovinsky, Volcanic-intermontane-basin and Transcarpathian lowland area. The intermediate position is occupied by the Outer Carpathians (eight park-monuments of landscape architecture) and Polonino-Chornohorska (two artificial protected sites: one park-monument of landscape architecture and one dendrological park) of the region. Rakhiv-Chyvchyn region is’t represented by any artificially created protected object.

artificially created protected objects, parks-monuments of landscape gardening, dendrological parks, botanical gardens, Ukrainian Carpathians, physical and geographical zoning