Zaborski Landscape Park
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Zaborski Landscape Park (Zaborski 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 northern 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 1990, covering an area of 340.26 square kilometres (131.4 sq mi) north of the town of Chojnice
Chojnice
Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs. It is the capital of the Chojnice County....

. It surrounds Tuchola Forest National Park.

The Park lies within 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...

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

, 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....

). Within the Landscape Park are five 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...

s.

The Park (together with the Tuchola
Tuchola Landscape Park
Tuchola Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola....

, 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....

 and Wdzydze 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.
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