National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry"
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![View of the entrance to the park, near the historic town of Bakota.](../../../../images/shared/thumb/5/52/National_Environmental_Park_"Podilski_Tovtry".JPG/225px-National_Environmental_Park_"Podilski_Tovtry".JPG)
National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry" (Ukrainian: Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Поді́льські То́втри») is a national park, located in the Horodotskyi, Kamianets-Podilskyi, and the Chemerovetskyi Raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.
The National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry" was created on the decree of the President of Ukraine, then Leonid Kuchma, on July 27, 1996, in order to maintain and protect the natural landscape of the Podillia region.
The park's area covers 2,613.16 km². Of the park's 1,700 different types of flora, 60 are included into the Red Book of Ukraine. Of the park's 217 different types of fauna, 29 are included into the Red Book of Ukraine.
[edit] External links
- tovtry.com — Official website
