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Bieszczady National Park is the third largest national park in Poland. It is located in the far south-east, in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, at the borders with the Slovak Republic and Ukraine.

Bieszczady National Park was established in 1973 with an area of 59,55 sq. km. It was enlarged three times (1989, 1991, 1996). In 1989 and in 1991 the park obtained a large area of natural forests and seminatural complexes of non-forest vegetation where

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the villages once stood.

Since 1992 BNP has been a part of the International Biosphere Reserve called Eastern Carpathians. It is consisted of three units:

Polish (the Bieszczady NP, and two surrounding landscape parks: Cisniansko-Wetlinski and the Upper San Valley),
Slovakian (Poloniny National Park)
Ukrainian (Nature Reserve Stuzica).

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Bieszczady National Park

Bieszczady National Park is the third largest national park in Poland. It is located in the far south-east, in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, at the borders with the Slovak Republic and Ukraine.

Due to their unique natural values Bieszczady Mountains within NATURA 2000 Network have been marked both as a Site of Special Protection and Site of Community Importance.