Analysis of land in the nature reserve fund of the Cherkasy and Kropyvnytskyi districts

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https://doi.org/10.33730/2310-4678.4.2025.346192

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protected areas, ecological network, nature conservation sites, biodiversity, Central Dnipro region, assessment of protected land, density indicator, fragmentation (degree of insularization) index

Abstract

The nature reserve fund is a fundamental instrument for conserving biodiversity and ensuring ecological stability both at the national level and within specific regions of the Central Dnipro area. This study assesses key indicators, including the categories of protected areas and sites, the level of protected land, the density of the nature reserve fund, and the fragmentation (insularization) index. Cherkasy district is characterized by a substantial proportion of small-area protected sites, which are considered unstable due to their limited size. In total, the district comprises 223 nature reserve fund sites with a combined area of 1,312.3921 ha; the average site area is 5.89 ha, with values ranging from 0.4 to 245.8692 ha. A different pattern is observed in Kropyvnytskyi district, where the number of sites is lower, but their areas are significantly larger. The district contains 78 sites with a total area of 2,071.4346 ha, and an average area of 26.56 ha; individual sites range from 5.0 to 268.1 ha. The highest number of nature reserve fund sites is located within the Cherkasy territorial community. These include sites of national significance — a zoological park and a park-monument of landscape gardening — and sites of local significance: reserves (one botanical and one landscape), natural monuments (five botanical and two zoological), and parks-monuments of landscape gardening (28). Within Kropyvnytskyi district, the largest number of nature reserve fund sites (25) is concentrated in the Ketrysanivska rural territorial community. Among them, sites of national significance include one landscape reserve, while sites of local significance comprise reserves (two botanical and twelve landscape), natural monuments (three botanical, one geological, and one complex), and five protected tracts. An analysis of nature reserve fund lands within the territorial communities of Cherkasy and Kropyvnytskyi districts revealed an uneven distribution of sites by number, ranging from a complete absence to 40 sites in Cherkasy district and up to 25 sites in Kropyvnytskyi district. The largest areas of nature reserve fund lands are located within the Dolynska urban territorial community (17,124.5496 ha), the Bobrytska rural territorial community (5,682.61 ha), the Korsun-Shevchenkivska urban territorial community (4,167.751 ha), and the Budyshchenska rural territorial community (3,537.02 ha). The obtained indicators demonstrate a pronounced differentiation in the spatial structure of the nature reserve fund within the studied districts and provide an important analytical basis for further planning and development of the protected area network.

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