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The natural reserved fund includes land and water plots, natural complexes and units that have a special nature protective, recreation, scientific aesthetic and other value. They are picked out to preserve a natural variety of landscapes, a genetic fund of animal and vegetable world, to support ecological balance and to provide background monitoring of the natural environment.

That's why, the natural reserved fund is protected as national possessions by the Ukrainian legislation. It has a special regime of protection, recreation and use. It is supported by the series of important state documents. They are the Laws of Ukraine "About natural reserved fund", "About the natural environment protection", the Program of perspective development of reserve business in Ukraine.

There are 58 reserved territories and separate units in Kyiv (01.01.1998). Among them there are three regional landscape parks, one reserved state territory and seven reserved local territories, one National park, and twenty one natural local monuments, three botanical gardens, a National Zoo, a State arboretum, nine National parks-monuments, eleven regional park-monuments.

The state botanical gardens have a special value. They are a botanical garden named after academician O. V. Fomin, a botanical garden of Kyiv National University and the Central botanical garden of the National Ukraine Sciences Academy. There are thousand plants species and forms from different continents. In the National Zoo there are rare species of animals and birds, there are attempts of their reproduction. These territories are used as an investigative base and have a big scientific value.

The most valuable natural monuments, national and regional park-monuments are: A Volodimirska hill (that was created in 1895), Zolotovoritskii public garden, avenue named after Taras Shevchenko, Municipal garden (installed in 1710) and some others. There are some protected historical trees. They are a unique lime-tree of 500 years old (Volodimirska street), an old chestnut (Kytayivska street), an oak of 200 year old (Suvorova street).

Besides that, within the town there are whole series of unique natural territories within the Blue zone. It is necessary to allot them a nature protective status. So, in according to complex ecological and biological researches, a series of reserved local territories are planned to create. They are the followings:

1. A landscape reserved local territory "Dolobetslii island", where it's necessary to prohibit building, organization of sports complexes and other public arrangements, picking out of medical plants. The reserve local territory can be used for ecological teaching.

2. Botanical reserved local territory "Island Kozachii".

With its natural conditions Kozachii island is original one and dissimilar to the most of Dnipro islands. It is a reserved island with meadows and woodsy vegetation.

For protection of these natural complexes it is necessary to establish a protection regime with possible and sometimes desired hay- making, but into fixed terms.

3. The landscape reserved local territory "Zhukiv island".

This territory is one of the most among insular territories of Dnipro, its total area is 530 hectares. There are typical for Dnipro diverse natural complexes. For their protection it is necessary to prevent from anthropogenic pressure in its central part, to prevent to any harmful intervention.

4. The landscape reserved local territory "Muromets island ".

The island is placed opposite a housing massif Obolon and suffers from big anthropogenic pressure. At the same time there is a big, typical for region complex of species, two from that entere into the Red Book of Ukraine.

The analysis of reserved territories’ state showed, that during last years the municipal budget almost does not give a special purpose funds for upkeep and protection of these territories. These territories are kept upon the rest principles. From funds of green plantations operating trusts only 1 - 3% are directed to their upkeep.

However, during last years the municipal budget almost does not apportion the special funds for providing upkeep and protection of natural reserved territories.

Table. Structure of natural reserved fund

Category of reserved territories and units.

1997

 

Number

Area (hectars)

Natural reserves

Regional landscapes parks

3

3925,9

Reserved territory

National parks

1

1110,2

Reserved local territories

6

51.0

Nature monuments:  

National parks-monuments  

1

30,0

Regional parks-monuments

21

8,1

Arboretums

National Arboretums

1

6,5

Local arboretums

   

Zoo

National zoo

1

39,5

Regional zoo

   

Gardens-monuments  

National gardens-monuments

9

3111,4

Regional gardens-monuments

11

228,2

Botanical gardens

National botanical gardens

3

205,5

IN ALL:

58

8798,1

 

 


 

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