Polesie State Radioecological Reserve

Polesie State Radioecological Reserve
Палескі дзяржаўны радыяцыйна-экалагічны запаведнік (Belarusian)
Полесский государственный радиационно-экологический заповедник (Russian)
OSM map of the reserve highlighting some nearby places in the annotations (as Mazyr, Pripyat, the Chernobyl Plant etc). The map in the corner shows its position (red) within Belarus, showing also the Ukrainian, and contiguous, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (yellow)
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LocationBelarus
Nearest cityBrahin, Narowlya, Khoiniki
Coordinates51°39′N 29°59′E / 51.650°N 29.983°E / 51.650; 29.983
Area2,162 km2 (835 sq mi)
EstablishedJuly 18, 1988[1]
Official website

The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve (PSRER; Belarusian: Палескі дзяржаўны радыяцыйна-экалагічны запаведнік, romanizedPalyeski dzyarzhawny radyyatsyyna-ekalahichny zapavyednik; Russian: Полесский государственный радиационно-экологический заповедник, romanizedPolessky gosudarstvenny radiatsionno-ekologichesky zapovednik) is a radioecological nature reserve in the Polesie region of Belarus, which was created to enclose the territory of Belarus most affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. The reserve adjoins the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. The environmental monitoring and countermeasure agency, Bellesrad, oversees the agriculture and forestry in the area.

  1. ^ "Polesie State Radioecological Reserve: about". Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-06-27.