Protection of environment. Commemorative coin "Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Zubr". Belarusian National Parks and Nature Reserves. In 1992, following decision by UNESCO the State National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" was put on the List of the World Legacy of Mankind. In 1993, it was given the status of a biosphere reserve; in 1997, the Council of Europe awarded it a European Diploma. The Belovezhsky forest has preserved its primeval, primordial appearance. It is populated with relic communities of plants and animals, many of which have become extinct elsewhere together with cut forests. In "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", the population of zubrs – surviving mammoths' contemporaries – has been revived. Zubr is the largest animal in Europe. There are now as many as 472 specimens within Belarus. The National Academy of Sciences, in concert with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection, has devised the "Zubr" program which is current being implemented. The program is aiming at the dispersal of zubrs throughout the large forest ranges in Belarus that gives hope that zubr will become as ordinary forester for the generations to come.