Poľana Protected Landscape Area
| Poľana Protected Landscape Area CHKO Poľana | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
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| Location | Central Slovakia: Poľana Mts. |
| Coordinates | 48°37′N 19°28′E / 48.617°N 19.467°E |
| Area | 203.6 km2 (78.6 sq mi) |
| Established | 12 August 1981 |
| Governing body | Správa CHKO Poľana (Poľana PLA administration) in Zvolen |
Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area (Slovak: Chránená krajinná oblasť Poľana) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, in Central Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, and Zvolen districts.
Poľana was declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve on 27 March 1990[1]. A permanent research site was established in 1991 as part of the European Long-Term Ecosystem Research (eLTER) program[2][3].
History
[edit]The Protected Landscape Area was established on 12 August 1981[4], and the law was amended on 3 September 2004. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Badínsky prales Old Growth Forest (1913),[5] Zadná Poľana (1953)[6] and Boky (1964), [7] and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock (1964)[8] and Kalamárka (1977).[9]
Geography
[edit]The highest mountains are Poľana at 1,457.8 m (4,783 ft) and Predná Poľana at 1,367 m (4,485 ft).
References
[edit]- ^ "Pol'ana". Slovak Committee for the Man and the Biosphere Programme. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Polana Biosphere Reserve (Hukavsky grun) - Slovakia | DEIMS-SDR". deims.org. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ Pensoft. "eLTER Homepage". elter-ri.eu. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE POĽANA. Baseline Study, Final Draft. J. Švajda, M. Káčerová, T. Kohler, H. Meessen. 2014. Prepared for development of nature conservation and of protected areas in the Slovak Carpathians. https://www.sopsr.sk/dokumenty/polana_2013.pdf
- ^ Badínsky prales at enviroportal.sk
- ^ Zadná Poľana at enviroportal.sk
- ^ Boky at enviroportal.sk
- ^ Bátovský balvan at enviroportal.sk
- ^ Kalamárka at enviroportal.sk
External links
[edit]- Poľana PLA at Slovakia.travel
- Podpoľanie Region situated at Poľana
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