Białowieża Forest

World Heritage

Belarus

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The Białowieża Forest World Heritage Site is a vast expanse of primeval forest, including coniferous and broadleaved trees, covering a total area of 141,885 hectares, located on the border between Poland and Belarus. This transboundary site is located on the watershed between the Baltic and Black Seas and offers excellent opportunities for biodiversity conservation. It is home to the largest population of the site’s most iconic species, the European bison.

Stephanopachys linearis specimen collected in Białowieża Forest in 2015

Fallen tree in the Białowieża Forest

The King of Nieznanowo oak

Part of primaeval forest with dead 450-year-old oak in Białowieża National Park, Poland

Bison in Białowieża Forest

Białowieża National Park Visitor Centre

Patriarch Oak, one of the oldest oaks in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park

Emperor of the South oak

Belovezhskaya Pushcha coat of arms on Pre-Stamped Envelope of the Belarus, 2009, 600th Anniversary o...

Royal Oaks Trail, Białowieża Forest

In 2009, the Ecological Education Centre was built in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park

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Information extracted from Wikidata

object has role	Eliza Fraser
category for maps	Category:Maps of Białowieża Forest
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wisent.jpg
instance of	nature reserve
executive body	Białowieża Forest
location of creation	Białowieża Forest
IPA transcription	1854352
number of rooms	viaf-239060565
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/01f9rt
location	Sughd Province
Commons category	Białowieża Forest
has part	Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park
inception	1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(23.867764 52.731572)
official website	http://www.bpn.com.pl/
Commons gallery	Białowieża Forest
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Belavezhskaya%20Pushcha%20banner.jpg
elevation above sea level	175
area	161000
area	141885
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL	http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=POL+02&mode=all
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (x)

pronunciation audio	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pl-Puszcza%20Bia%C5%82owieska.ogg
language of work or name	Polish
point in time	1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time	2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
described by source	Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
statement is subject of	Category:Deaths in Pécs
start time	1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Białowieża Forest
official name	Bosque de Bialowieża
official name	Forêt Bialowieza
official name	ビャウォヴィエジャの森
official name	Bos van Białowieża
area	166708
applies to part	buffer zone