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In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
 Land
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recognized the Carpathian Mountains as a natural treasure of global importance and included it in its “Global 200” list of the most significant ecosystems on our planet.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Carpathians represent an ethnographic region rich in history and cultural heritage and include such subregions as the Hutsul region, Boiko region, Lemko region, as well as parts of Bukovyna and Transcarpathia.
A region in the southeasternmost part of the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia, Bukovyna, and Transcarpathia (the basins of the upper Prut River, upper Suceava River, upper Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska River, and upper Tysa River valleys), inhabited by Ukrainian highlanders called Hutsuls.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /land.asp   (776 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Zakarpattya region Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Zakarpattya or Transcarpathia is an oblast' of Ukraine.
Other important cities are Mukachiv and Chop, Ukraine.
From the end of the 10th century AD until 1918, Transcarpathia w...
www.ipedia.com /zakarpattya_region.html   (204 words)

  
 Travel in Ukraine's Carpathians - geography, climate, hiking, access, culture, accommodations
Settlements in Lviv oblast seem to have a more recognizably "Ukrainian" culture, since historically they had more interaction with Ukrainian towns such as Lviv and Stryy.
West of the main Carpathian ridge in Transcarpathia is a band of poor and undeveloped mountain settlements that are more like similar mountain cultures in Poland or Romania.
In areas of Transcarpathia where tourism is developed locals usually don't mind speaking Russian with tourists since their grasp of Russian is often better than their grasp of proper Ukrainian.
www.tryukraine.com /carpathians.shtml   (1121 words)

  
 Publications 2005 by all WSL authors
Spatial variability of snowpack stability on small slopes studied with the stuffblock test.
Diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in natural beech forests in Transcarpathia (Ukraine): a preliminary survey.
Diversity and ecology of wood-inhabiting aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes on fallen woody debris in various forest types in Switzerland.
www.wsl.ch /lm/publications/liste2005.ehtml   (6833 words)

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