The President signed the Decree on creation of the Chernobyl radiation-safe, ecologically sound biospheric reserve, the press-office of the official website of the President of Ukraine informs.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the decree on the creation of the Chernobyl radiation-safe, ecologically sound biospheric reserve.
The created biospheric reserve will become one of the largest environmental protection institutions of Ukraine with the total area of 227 thousands hectares. It is located on the territory of Ivankovskii and Polesskii regions of the Kyiv region within the exclusion zone and obligatory evacuation zone
The creation of Chernobyl radiation-safe, ecologically sound biospheric reserve became the first step towards the resurgence of territories, exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of technogenic disaster.