🌲 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe — Prašuma Janj
UNESCO World Heritage Site component in Bosnia and Herzegovina
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 2007 under criterion (ix)
- Transnational serial site comprising 94 component parts across 18 European countries
- Old-growth beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) largely unmanaged and undisturbed
- Located in central Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44.147°N, 17.281°E
Prašuma Janj is a component of the transnational Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning 18 nations. The site encompasses 94 forest massifs ranging from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine to Atlantic regions of Spain. Prašuma Janj represents one of the few remaining European beech forests managed with minimal human intervention, preserving ecological processes typical of temperate forest ecosystems ...