HERITAGE RECORD · 033

Białowieża Forest

比亚沃维耶扎森林

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Białowieża Forest World Heritage site, on the border between Poland and Belarus, is an immense range of primary forest including both conifers and broadleaved trees covering a total area of 141,885 hectares. Situated on the watershed of the Baltic Sea and Black Sea, this transboundary property is exceptional for the opportunities it offers for biodiversity conservation. It is home to the largest population of the property’s iconic species, the European bison.

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

Cultural archive

Record lead

UNESCO record lead

Brief synthesis Bialowieza Forest is a large forest complex located on the border between Poland and Belarus.

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