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Dipping back into the international park well for the first time in a long time! I think it's about time I live up to the whole "stories from the WORLD'S protected places thing."
I stumbled upon this park randomly on Google Maps one day and was fascinated by its title. I had to know more, and what I found was a truly fascinating, unique, and one-of-a-kind protected area. I think you'll find it just as fascinating as I did. Enjoy!
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Sources and Resources:
atlasobscura.com/articles/belarus-chernobyl-radiation-contamination
businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/photos-show-what-daily-life-is-really-like-inside-chernobyls-exclusion-zone-one-of-the-most-polluted-areas-in-the-world/slidelist/69066412.cms#slideid=69066413
https://birdingbelarus.by/tours/chernobyl/?lang=en
web.archive.org/web/20070510235903/http://www.gomel-region.by/ru/bottom_menu/news/society?ns_id=288
web.archive.org/web/20140622032959/http://www.zapovednik.by/en/about
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/08/chernobyl-fires/615067
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around-chernobyl-arent-decaying-properly-180950075
nytimes.com/2016/04/24/world/europe/chernobyls-silent-exclusion-zone-except-for-the-logging.html
aljazeera.com/features/2020/2/26/in-chernobyls-radioactive-forest-arson-and-timber-smuggling
bbc.com/news/science-environment-23619870
nytimes.com/2005/10/22/world/europe/belarus-resumes-farming-in-chernobyl-radiation-zone.html
oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_28351/chernobyl-chapter-vi-agricultural-and-environmental-impacts#:~:text=An%20exclusion%20zone%20of%20about,as%20is%20transfer%20of%20products
reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2351989421000366?token=9AB4F83F49BCADB292E609B00048AB2EFA72ECF0F413626AD9F04CDCEC05C4E6D5B386DDFFC2855176C8EB113571FDF5&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20230419200932
https://zapovednik.by/o-zapovednike/istoriya-zapovednika
researchgate.net/publication/353809415_The_Biology_of_Chernobyl/link/61674a3466e6b95f07c31afc/download
bbc.com/future/article/20190725-will-we-ever-know-chernobyls-true-death-toll
cbsnews.com/news/chernobyl-radiation-belarus-farm-produce-milk-high-level-radiation
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-014-2908-8
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679916
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/papers/Mousseau-et-al-TREES-2013.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033907
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fee.1227
nature.com/articles/srep08363?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100080543&CJEVENT=5fb7f3ddddfe11ed81247e970a82b820
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25124815
theguardian.com/travel/2019/may/28/chernobyl-wildlife-haven-tour-belarus-created-nuclear-disaster-zone
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UNEP/Grid-Arendal
USFS
OpenStreetMap Contributors
Walk to Folk
Viktor Myroniuk
Reuters
Webster et al.
Dipping back into the international park well for the first time in a long time! I think it's about time I live up to the whole "stories from the WORLD'S protected places thing."
I stumbled upon this park randomly on Google Maps one day and was fascinated by its title. I had to know more, and what I found was a truly fascinating, unique, and one-of-a-kind protected area. I think you'll find it just as fascinating as I did. Enjoy!
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on TikTok: tiktok.com/@nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
atlasobscura.com/articles/belarus-chernobyl-radiation-contamination
businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/photos-show-what-daily-life-is-really-like-inside-chernobyls-exclusion-zone-one-of-the-most-polluted-areas-in-the-world/slidelist/69066412.cms#slideid=69066413
https://birdingbelarus.by/tours/chernobyl/?lang=en
web.archive.org/web/20070510235903/http://www.gomel-region.by/ru/bottom_menu/news/society?ns_id=288
web.archive.org/web/20140622032959/http://www.zapovednik.by/en/about
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/08/chernobyl-fires/615067
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forests-around-chernobyl-arent-decaying-properly-180950075
nytimes.com/2016/04/24/world/europe/chernobyls-silent-exclusion-zone-except-for-the-logging.html
aljazeera.com/features/2020/2/26/in-chernobyls-radioactive-forest-arson-and-timber-smuggling
bbc.com/news/science-environment-23619870
nytimes.com/2005/10/22/world/europe/belarus-resumes-farming-in-chernobyl-radiation-zone.html
oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_28351/chernobyl-chapter-vi-agricultural-and-environmental-impacts#:~:text=An%20exclusion%20zone%20of%20about,as%20is%20transfer%20of%20products
reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2351989421000366?token=9AB4F83F49BCADB292E609B00048AB2EFA72ECF0F413626AD9F04CDCEC05C4E6D5B386DDFFC2855176C8EB113571FDF5&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20230419200932
https://zapovednik.by/o-zapovednike/istoriya-zapovednika
researchgate.net/publication/353809415_The_Biology_of_Chernobyl/link/61674a3466e6b95f07c31afc/download
bbc.com/future/article/20190725-will-we-ever-know-chernobyls-true-death-toll
cbsnews.com/news/chernobyl-radiation-belarus-farm-produce-milk-high-level-radiation
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-014-2908-8
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679916
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/papers/Mousseau-et-al-TREES-2013.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033907
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fee.1227
nature.com/articles/srep08363?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100080543&CJEVENT=5fb7f3ddddfe11ed81247e970a82b820
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25124815
theguardian.com/travel/2019/may/28/chernobyl-wildlife-haven-tour-belarus-created-nuclear-disaster-zone
Images and Music
Storyblocks
Wikimedia Commons/nzeemin
UNEP/Grid-Arendal
USFS
OpenStreetMap Contributors
Walk to Folk
Viktor Myroniuk
Reuters
Webster et al.
