Ukraine The reserve consists of a zoological park, a botanical (dendrological) garden, and an open territory of virgin steppes. As well as this it is an active member of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme, and houses a research institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It lies just north-east of the Crimean Peninsula. It was devastated in World War I; in 1919 Russia confiscated and nationalised it (later establishing a globally leading scientific-research institute); in 1993 after the Soviet Union had dissolved Ukraine confirmed its status as a biosphere reserve; in 2022 it was directly in the path of Russian forces when they accelerated their push to invade Ukraine further and overwhelmed the territory.
In what country is the Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve, established in 1966 in order to preserve prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region?
The Valdés Peninsula and its waters, which are a nature reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, and the most important breeding ground for the endangered Southern Right whale in the world, are part of which country?
