About us in details

According to geomorphological features, Pushcha belongs to the region of the Predpolesie plains (Tolkach and etc., 1996).

Soil mosaic on the territory of the Pushcha is strong and has a complex genesis.

Regarding to flora Belovezhskaya Pushcha is a unique region, where the Eurasian coniferous forest zone closely approaches the European broad-leaved one, and the taiga gives way to nemoral forests.

The animal world of Belovezhskaya Pushcha is rich and diverse. It could be even richer, but some species were exterminated by man in the recent historical past.

SNPI "NP" Belovezhskaya "Pushcha" occupies the eastern shelf of the basin of the river Visla, which is formed by the tributaries of the Bug - Narev and Pravaya Lesnaya. The rivers Svisloch and Ross (tributaries of the Neman) originate near the northern border of the park, and at the north-eastern border there are fountains of Yaselda (a tributary of the Pripyat).

According to the climatic zoning, Belovezhskaya Pushcha belongs to the southern warm zone of unstable humidity of Belarus, and occupies its western outskirts within the Pruzhano-Brest agro-climatic region. The winter here is the shortest and the warmest in the republic, vegetation period is the longest and the forest has the highest heat availability of the area.

State Nature Protection Institution NP "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is an integrated environmental, economic and scientific research institution. It is under the control of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Belarus.

May is the last month of spring. Everything is blossoming, turning green and blooming. You cannot even count all the plants which bloom in May: on the marsh - marigold and sedge, wild rosemary and blueberries, and even woodland bulrush at the end of the month; blueberries, strawberries, chickweed bloom in the forest. In the second half of the month chickweed-wintergreen opens its white petals, the bells of the lily-of-the-valley and the Solomon's seal, various kinds of cranesbills and peavines blossom. Almost a whole month blooms Taraxacum officinale, which is popularly called a dandelion. You can see it everywhere: in meadows, near roads, in gardens and backyards. Children weave beautiful yellow wreaths from it and create