Białowieża Forest
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🇮🇹 Belarus,Poland📅 1979 Inscribed
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The Białowieża Forest World Heritage site, on the border between Poland and Belarus, is an immense range of primary forest including both conifers and broadleaved trees covering a total area of 141,885 hectares. Situated on the watershed of the Baltic Sea and Black Sea, this transboundary property is exceptional for the opportunities it offers for biodiversity conservation. It is home to the largest population of the property’s iconic species, the European bison.
Insight I
The last remaining primary forest in Europe, which covered all of northeastern Europe until the 14th century. Today, only about 3,000 km² remains, with World War I and II causing the most severe damage.
Insight II
Extended in 1992 to include Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus, symbolizing international cooperation in nature conservation.
Insight III
The European bison was once extinct in the wild. In 1929, Poland reintroduced four bison as part of a restoration project, and today, their population has increased to 900.
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