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Oct 5, 2026
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
And if this information is being lost, in our case because of Russian invasion against Ukraine, obviously that might take us years to reach the point and to move forward within the negotiations, in particular in the environmental sector.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
One of the biggest disasters, I do believe, for the whole Europe in terms of nature protected areas in Ukraine is obviously the Deep South, the Biosphere Reserve, which is called Askania Nova.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
That's the reservation where a lot of endangered species used to be placed and used to be also breeded.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
One of the unique species there is a Przhevalsky horse being brought from Mongolia and somehow not only sat it, but successfully breed it back in times and started a couple of new generations in Askania.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
However, And in the meantime, need to remind, by Sphere Reserve, we do not do any hunting and touristic routes are well specified and also potentially could be accessible only with specific guidance or like guiding tours or anyone who is working for Ascania NOVA.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
used to be.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
However, when Ascania Nova Biosphere Reserve was occupied, that has started to happen in March 2022, because it's again, it's deep south, super close to temporary occupied Crimean Peninsula, the majority of the staff remained working.
Natallia YaroshenkoGUEST
However, the Russian occupants started illegal hunting.
Brooks SmothersHOST
The following year, on June 29, 1938, he signed legislation establishing Olympic National Park, initially protecting about 634,000 acres.
Brooks SmothersHOST
Today, the park encompasses roughly 922,000 acres and is recognized internationally as both a UNICEF World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.
Brooks SmothersHOST
In a fitting bit of history, the Roosevelt elk that shaped and inspired the original monument still roam these forests today, carrying the legacy of the park's earliest conservation story with them.
Brooks SmothersHOST
Olympic National Park is remarkable because it is less a single environment than a whole geological world compressed into one peninsula.