Sweden Kristianstad Vattenrikke

Declaration date: 29 June 2005

Surface area: 104,375 ha

Administrative division: The Municipality of Kristianstad

Human activities:

To make more acess for visitors we have created more than

20 visitor sites in the reserve. Some have birdwatching

towers, other have boardwalks or outdoor museums.

Ecological characteristics:

The Biosphere Reserve is in Skåne,

the southernmost of Sweden´s pro-

vinces. The area includes the lower

drainage basin of the River Helge å

in the Municipality of Kristianstad

and the coastal waters of Hanöbuk-

ten Bay, which forms part of the

Baltic Sea. It covers 100 000 ha and

contains within its boundaries land-

scapes and biological values of re-

gional, national and international

importance. At the heart of the entire area, extending north

to south, is an expanse of rich wetlands of international

importance (The Helgeån Ramsar Site). Other examples of

biotopes that are classified as possessing high biological

values of international and national importance include

stretches of running water, broadleaf forests and the sandy

grasslands formerly managed under a rotational system of

cultivation and falllow. Within all of these landscapes and

ecosystems there are areas af varying extent wich possess

such high values that they form a part of the European

Union´s Natura 2000 network. There are also about 15

nature reserves here.

Contact information:

www.vattenriket.kristianstad.se

Address: Biosphere office Kristianstads

Vattenrike Kristianstads kommun

S-291 80 Kristianstad

SWEDEN

tel. +46 (0) 44-13 64 80

Arkelstorp

Huaröd

Yngsjö

Vittsköv le

Everöd

Östra Sönnarslöv

Linderöd

Ovesholm

Vä

Norra Åsum

Gärds Köpinge

Viby

Rinkaby

BäckaskogFjälkinge

Balsby

Österslöv

Bjärlöv

Önnestad

Färlöv

Degeberga

Tollarp

Kristianstad

Åhus

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