Nature reserve in Buryatia, Russia
The Baikal Nature Reserve (; Russian : Байка́льский запове́дник ) is a nature reserve and "zapovednik " on the southeast shore of Lake Baikal , in southern Buryatia , Russia . Also called Baikal Zapovednik , it was established in 1969 for preserving the nature along the lake and the neighboring central part of the Khamar-Daban Range . The area of this nature reserve is 165,700 hectares [ha] (409,000 acres). It hosts dark pine taiga (silver fir , cedar , spruce ), thin forests, Siberian Dwarf Pine and rhododendron underbrush, subalpine meadows , and alpine tundras . The Baikal Nature Reserve is home to 812 kinds of plants, 49 types of mammals, 272 birds, 3 reptiles, 3 amphibians , and 7 types of fish. The reserve is also home to East Siberian brown bear , Baikal lynx , wolverine , otter , osprey , and golden eagle . The Baikal Nature Reserve is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (also see List of biosphere reserves in the Russian Federation World Heritage Site . The Kabansky Nature Zakaznik , across 12,100 ha (30,000 acres), was transferred under the jurisdiction of the Baikal Nature Reserve in 1985.[ 1] [ 2]
Since March 2011 the 78,373 hectares (193,660 acres) territory of the Altacheisky Federal Reserve in the Selenga Highlands falls under the jurisdiction of the Baikal Nature Reserve.[ 3]
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