Tuchola Landscape Park (Tucholski Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 (Landscape Park

Landscape Park (Poland)

A Landscape Park is the name given in Poland to a type of protected area, of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use....

) in north-central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, established in 1985, covering an area of 369.83 square kilometres (142.8 sq mi) in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola

Tuchola

Tuchola is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. The Pomeranian town, which had a population of 13,976 as of 2004, is located close to the Tuchola Forests about 7t0 km north of Bydgoszcz, and is the seat of Tuchola County...

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The Park is shared between two voivodeships

Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....

: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

 and Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

. Within Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship it lies in Tuchola County

Tuchola County

Tuchola County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Tuchola, which...

 (Gmina Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola is an urban-rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchola, which lies approximately north of Bydgoszcz....

, Gmina Cekcyn

Gmina Cekcyn

Gmina Cekcyn is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Cekcyn, which lies approximately east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Gmina Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gostycyn, which lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Gmina Lubiewo

Gmina Lubiewo

Gmina Lubiewo is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubiewo, which lies approximately south-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Gmina Śliwice

Gmina Sliwice

Gmina Śliwice is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Śliwice, which lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

). Within Pomeranian Voivodeship it lies in Chojnice County

Chojnice County

Chojnice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Chojnice, which lies ...

 (Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice is a rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Gmina Czersk

Gmina Czersk

Gmina Czersk is an urban-rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czersk, which lies approximately east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

). Within the Landscape Park are eight nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

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The Park (together with the Wda

Wda Landscape Park

Wda Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of . It takes its name from the Wda river....

, Wdzydze and Zaborski

Zaborski Landscape Park

Zaborski Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of north of the town of Chojnice. It surrounds Tuchola Forest National Park....

 Landscape Parks) forms the buffer zone of the Tuchola Forest Biosphere Reserve, designated under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in 2010. The core area of the Biosphere Reserve consists of Tuchola Forest National Park and the nature reserves lying within the Landscape Parks of the buffer zone.