WCape Martyan Reserve is an IUCN Category – Ia. It situated in Crimea, near the city of Yalta. It is also situated near the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, which is where most of the scientific research on plants is conducted in Ukraine. The reserve was created to save naturally valuable systems of Cape Martyan in natural state, to protect and to preserve rare species of flora and fauna, and to conduct scientific research.
WChalk Flora Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that lies on open chalk slopes of the riverine hills along the Donets River. The reserve is in the administrative Lyman and Sloviansk districts of Donetsk Oblast. it is a sub-unit of the Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve, with an area of 1,134 hectares.
WCheremske Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers forest and wetlands of the Western Polesia region, in the northwest of the country. The area is one of high biodiversity because of the varied habitat in transitional ecological zones. The reserve is in the administrative district of Manevychi in Volyn Oblast
WCrimean Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the Crimean Mountains, on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. It is the largest and oldest nature reserve in Ukraine. The reserve protects mountain-forest and meadow steppe plants and animals, with a high level of biodiversity. It is located just north of the town of Massandra.
WDniprovsko Orilskyi Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve of Ukraine located in the center of the country in the valley of the Dnieper River. Administratively, the reserve is located in the Petrykivka and Dnipro Raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
WDrevlians Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve of Ukraine that follows along the Uzh River in the Polesia region of north-central Ukraine. Created to protect representative forests and wetlands of the Polesia region, the area experienced contamination from the Chernobyl disaster. The site is 80 km due west of Chernobyl. The reserve is in the administrative district of Narodychi in Zhytomyr Oblast
WGorgany Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe. The reserve was originally created in 1996 to protect relic stands of Stone pine trees. The reserve is administratively in the Nadvirna District of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
WKaniv Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself. The reserve is in the center of Ukraine, along the northeast edge of the Dnieper Upland. It was created to protect valuable forest-steppe and floodplain habitat. The site is known for an abundance of archaeological sites left by cultures back to the Paleolithic. The reserve is a unit of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and is located in Cherkasy Oblast
WKaradag Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversity and the subject of much scientific study throughout the past 100 years. It supports a high number of Crimea's endemic species, and important bird colonies. The reserve is 36 km southwest of the city of Feodosia, and is currently administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
WThe Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve is a small reserve in the Lenine Raion on the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea. The reserve includes both territory of Cape Kazantyp and coast-aquatic-complex.
WLuhansk Nature Reserve is an administrative collection of four individual national nature reserves of Ukraine. Located in Luhansk Oblast, the easternmost province of Ukraine, the Luhansk reserves were affected by hostilities in the area in 2014. Originally established as a strict reserve for conservataion and scientific study, public access is prohibited. The four components each exhibit a different aspect of the steppe ecology of eastern Ukraine.
WMedobory Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine located in the Podolian Upland in the western part of the country. It protects a representative portion of the "Tovtry" region, known for rocky limestone ridges. The reserve is in the administrative districts of Husiatyn and Pidvolochysk in Ternopil Oblast.
WMichael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers meadow-steppe and forest-steppe in the northeast of Ukraine near the border with Russia. It exhibits plants found in both northern and southern steppes. First created as a reserve in 1928, it was expanded over the years and formally upgraded to a national reserve in 2009. The reserve is in the administrative districts of Lebedyn and Nedryhailiv of Sumy Oblast.
WOpuksky Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located on the southern coast of the Kerch Peninsula on the Black Sea. It is centered on a limestone massif rising from the kerch plains, and a salt lake. The site is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
WPolissia Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine dedicated to the conservation and scientific study of representative woodland marshes of the Pinsk Marshes in the Polissia region. The reserve is in the administrative districts of Olevsk and Ovruch in Zhytomyr Oblast
WProvallia Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers two tracts of representative steppe on the eastern Ukrainian border with Russia. As of 2014, the reserve was no longer under the control of the Ukraine government. The reserve is in the administrative district of Sverdlovsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast
WRivnens'kiy Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve in the northwest of Ukraine, created to protect and study the representative landscape of the Polesia region. It was established by the President of Ukraine, Leonid Danylovych Kuchma, on April 3, 1999. In accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on August 14, 2003, the reserve was permanently transferred to a land area of 42,288 km2.
WStanichno-Luhansk Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the left bank of the Donets River floodplain. The reserve is about 30 km north of Luhansk, near the town of Stanytsia Luhanska in the administrative district of Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion of Luhansk Oblast
WStriltsivskyi Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers representative steppe habitat in eastern Ukraine. The site has been a nature reserve since 1931, providing scientists with a long history of study of steppe ecological processes. It is known for its population of European Marmot. The reserve is in the administrative district of Milove in Luhansk Oblast Striltsivskyi is administratively a unit of Luhansk Nature Reserve.
WSwan Islands Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve, protecting a series of islands off the northwest coast of the Crimean Peninsula that this an important resting place for migratory birds in the summer and fall, and a nesting place in winter. It is a sub-unit of the Crimean Nature Reserve. The reserve was created in 1949, and covers an area of 9,612 hectares (37.11 sq mi). Administratively, it is in Rozdolne Raion of Crimea.
WUkrainian Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that protects a collection of primitive steppe tracts in Donetsk Oblast region of the Ukrainian southeast. Each tract is a different sub-type of Ukrainian steppe.
WYalta Mountain-Forest Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that covers the southwestern ranges of the Crimean Mountains, along the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula. The reserve is in the administrative district of Yalta Municipality
WYelanets Steppe Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a section of the largest virgin steppe tract in the Northern Black Sea Coast area. It is the only steppe reserve in Right-bank Ukraine (the area on the west side of the Dnieper River. A herd of American bison was introduced and lives within the territory. The reserve is in Mykolaiv Oblast.