Belarus - a picturesque country, generously endowed with natural resources. Despite the absence of mountain peaks and nearby seas, the local landscapes are charmingly beautiful: one third of the territory is covered by massive forests; The local meadows, as painted, are brightly colored by field flowers that shade the blue of the rivers, lakes and the mysterious life of the marshes.

Forests are the true pride of Belarus, their diversity is amazing: fragrant pine and spruce thickets ringing with grace birch groves, as well as lindens, hornbeam, alder ... In the forests of forests sheltered from bright light, numerous animals, mushrooms and berries grow.

National parks, reserves, sanctuaries, nature monuments have been created in Belarus to preserve the unique corners of nature, preserve and increase the number of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, and organize observations of changes in nature. The total area of ​​protected areas is about 7% of the country's area.

Undoubtedly, Belovezhskaya Pushcha is one of the most famous national parks in Belarus..This natural reserve was listed by UNESCO in the list of the World Natural Heritage of Humanity .In the excellent conditions of the local climate and due to the diversity of vegetation, many animals live here, some of which are listed in the Red Book .It is in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha that magnificent bison live, and tourists come to see it from around the world..In addition, the park has an interesting Museum of Nature dedicated to the inhabitants of Belovezhskaya Pushcha .

More than ten thousand small and large lakes are scattered throughout the whole of Belarus in a transparent bloom of blue. Many national parks of Belarus are located near lakes: for example, the national park "Braslav Lakes", where there are more than 250 lakes, literally teeming with many kinds of fish. In the vast territory of the park, there are magnificent coniferous forests inhabited by wild boars, squirrels, moose and other animals.

The largest lake in the country, Naroch, is located on the territory of the Naroch National Park, known not only for its picturesque lakes and dense forests, but also for a variety of historical and cultural monuments: remains of ancient fortifications and fortifications, ruins of fortresses and temples.

In the interfluve of Pripyat, Stvigi and Uborti is located one of the four largest national parks in Belarus - Pripyatsky .This region was called the "Belarusian Amazon" due to the preserved in its primordial natural systems on extensive bogs, in broad river floodplains, in oak forests and broad-leaved forests .It is the combination of forests and marshes that makes the Pripyat Polesye "the lungs of Europe", because it is the marshes that best saturate the air with oxygen .In addition, the Pripyatsky National Park has the international status of a key ornithological territory: the Pripyat floodplain is the largest migratory bird migration route in Europe, and 256 species of birds (79% of the country's birds), of which 65 species are listed in the Red Data Book of Belarus .

Pripyat Polesie is not only a natural, but also an ethnocultural monument: in special agrohounds you can see how the louts lived - local people with their own dialects, original crafts and way of life, authentic songs and dances.

Also among the national parks of Belarus is the UNESCO protected "Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve", in the forests and marshes of which there are many mammals and rare birds (including the Black Stork, the Gray Crane and others) and the Polessky State Radiation Ecological Reserve, formed in 1988 .in the exclusion zone on the territory of the three most affected districts of the Gomel region - Bragin, Narovlyansky and Khoyniki .Here, nature remained virtually untouched by the hands of man, restoring its unique virgin beauty and freedom by its own strength .