The organization of the Berezinsky State Reserve was dictated by the extremely disastrous state of the natural resources of Belarus. During the years of military devastation (1914-1921), forests perished over vast areas, and the number of many species of wild animals acutely decreased. In the republic, elk, deer, roe deer, wild boar, bear, otter, marten were on the verge of extinction; capercaillie, black grouse and other birds species became rare. The unique discovery by Professor A.V. Fedyushin in the upper reaches of the Berezina River of a colony of river beaver, which was considered completely exterminated, predetermined the issue of urgently declaring the territory a protected area.
On January 30, 1925, by resolution of the Council of Nation's Commissars of the BSSR, the first State Hunting Reserve in the BSSR was established, the purpose of which was to protect and reproduce valuable game birds and wild animals, especially river beavers. This decree prohibited “...all hunting and at all times of the year, except in cases of special permission from the Nation's Commissariat of Agriculture for scientific purposes”. Forest cutting was also stopped, except for the necessary removal of dead trees. The original area of the reserve was 43,345 dessiatinas (about 60 thousand hectares). External boundaries were established along existing roads. Deputy Forest Inspector of the Borisov District, forestry engineer G.L. Neverovich was appointed the first “manager of the reserve”.
The first “Regulations on the State Hunting Reserve of the Borisov District of the BSSR” were developed and approved by the Deputy Nation's Commissar of the BSSR A.I. Tsygankov on February 18, 1925. In 1927, the construction of an administrative building and housing for employees was completed, and the reserve’s office was moved to the “Great River” natural boundary on the territory of the reserve. In 1928, the first forest management of the reserve's territory took place, establishing its natural boundaries and determining the total area, which amounted to 67.3 thousand hectares. Two forestries were formed: Berezinskoye and Velikorechskoye. About 30 farmsteads have been resettled from the reserve's territory. In their place, forest lands were laid out.
Gradually, research work began to be carried out in the reserve. In 1929, a biological station was organized in the reserve, the staff of which included a scientific worker − a hunter. The first researcher, S.V. Kirikov, in October-December 1929 collected some information on the ecology of the brown bear, beaver, and certain bird species.
In 1930, the central estate and administration of the reserve were moved from the “Great River” natural boundary to Kraitsy village. In the 1930s, in the Berezinsky State Reserve, for the first time on the territory of the Soviet Union, a beaver farm was organized (in order to study some features of beaver biology and resolve the issue of breeding it in captivity), an elk nursery (elks gave birth in captivity and walked in a harness), created Zoological Museum, the number of wild animals began to be determined. Strengthened protection has had a beneficial effect on the increase in the numbers of many animal species, especially beavers, elks and wild boars. The Berezinsky beaver was not only preserved, but also well distributed to other regions of the country. In 1932, work began on afforestation of the lands of former farmsteads.
In 1932-1935, the second forest management of the reserve was carried out with the allocation of three forestries and eight forest management points. The area of the reserve was 67,276 hectares. In 1933, the reserve was transferred to the subordination of the Department of Forests of Local Importance of the Nation's Commissariat of Land of the BSSR. By Decree of the Council of Nation's Commissars of the BSSR No. 1134 of April 29, 1938 “On the organizational strengthening and further development of the state reserve of the BSSR”, the area of the reserve was reduced by 18,700 hectares due to the alienation of its northern part (Berezino, Lipsk and partially Osetishche and Bedino forest management points). In 1940, the reserve was transferred to the subordination of the Administration for Nature Reserves under the Council of Nation's Commissars of the BSSR.
During the World War II period from 1941 to 1944, the activity of the reserve was discontinued due to the occupation of its territory by the Nazi invaders. During this period, the reserve suffered enormous damage: all collected scientific materials were lost, the museum, beaver farm and elk nursery were destroyed, administrative and almost all residential buildings were burned. The territory of the reserve became the base of the partisan movement: a place of formation, rest and shelter for many partisan detachments and brigades.
After the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders in 1944, the government of the BSSR adopted a special resolution on the resumption of the activities of the Berezinsky State Reserve. A list of priority measures for the restoration of the reserve “On measures to improve the activities of the Belarusian State Reserve on the Berezina River” was developed and approved by Resolution of the Council of Nation's Commissars No. 878 of December 5, 1944. Administrative and residential premises are being built at an accelerated pace, forest protection on the reserved territories is being established, wild animals counts are regularly carried out, forest trees nursery, a beaver farm, and a new museum are being created, a scientific department is being organized, the tasks of which are to develop methods for breeding encaged beavers.
In 1948, capturing and resettling beavers from the Berezina basin outside the Republic began. According to Decree of the Council of Nation's Commissars of the USSR No. 430 of April 23, 1948, all forests of the Berezinsky State Reserve were classified as the first group − protected forests. In 1950, the next forest management of the reserve territory was carried out according to the first category, with the allocation of three forestries and defining areas in each of them. The Republican forest management office "Rosorgles" drew up a Plan for organizing forestry in the Belarusian State Reserve on the Berezina River for 1951-1961. The area of the reserve was 69,894 hectares.
In August 1951, the Berezinsky State Reserve was abolished according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 3192 from August 29, 1951 “On nature reserves” signed by I.V. Stalin. By Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 1226 from September 21, 1951, the reserve was closed, and the lands, forests and property belonging to it were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Forestry of the BSSR. By order of the Ministry of Forestry of the BSSR No. 359 of December 15, 1951, the Velikorechskoe sawmill was organized on the lands of the former reserve. To protect hunting and commercial species of animals, a hunting reserve of republican significance was organized within the boundaries of the former reserve. The exploitation of forests increased. Intensive cutting of mature forests had a negative impact on the number of fauna.
In 1951, as an exchange, 5 individuals (2 males and 3 females) of European elk were transported to Kampinoski Forest (Poland) from the Berezinsky Reserve. An American mink was released into Lake Palik for the purpose of acclimatization (1953–1954), which then subsequently spread throughout the basin of the upper Berezina River. In 1955, 1963 and 1965, European red deer were brought from the Voronezh Reserve into the Berezinsky Reserve for the purpose of reacclimatization (in a total of three deliveries, 81 animals were released into the forests of the reserve).
By the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR dated May 5, 1958, the Berezinsky State Reserve was restored in its previous boundaries (on the area of 67,276 hectares). In the first 10 years after restoration, scientists from the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR successfully carried out zoological, silvicultural and botanical research here, as well as an inventory of flora and fauna. General management of the reserve's activities was entrusted to the Main Forestry Directorate under the Council of Ministers of the BSSR.
In March 1959, a new Regulation “On the Berezinsky State Reserve” was approved, which defined its main goals and objectives. Methodological management of the research work was entrusted to the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR. After the restoration of the reserve, a scientific department began to function within its structure, and long-term (1959–1968) stationary studies of the fauna of parasites and parasitic diseases of wild animals began. The main attention was paid to the study of helminth infections of ungulates and carnivorous mammals. Another exhibition of the zoological museum has been created. By Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 480 of August 29, 1960, the Berezinsky Nature Reserve was transferred to the subordination of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR for Nature Conservation.
In 1961, the next forest management of the Reserve territory was carried out by the Minsk expedition of the Belarusian aerial photo forest management trust "Lesproekt" on an area of 71.450 thousand hectares. In 1965, after additional complex forest and hunting management, the lands of two collective farms located within its borders were annexed to the Reserve. The total area increased to 76.2 thousand hectares.
In 1966, the Moscow expedition of the “Soyuzgiproleskhoz” Institute developed a complex project for the organization and development of the Berezinsky State Reserve, essentially representing the first hunting management project. In December 1966, 5 bison were brought to the Berezinsky Reserve from Belovezhskaya Pushcha and placed in enclosures. By order of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture No. 96 of April 12, 1967 “On measures to improve the work of state reserves” measures were taken to stop grazing and hay harvesting on the territory of state reserves. By Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 33 of January 30, 1968, the Berezinsky State Reserve was transferred to the subordination of the Ministry of Forestry of the BSSR.
In 1969, the reserve was transferred to the direct subordination of the Main Directorate for Nature Protection, Nature Reserves, and Hunting of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture, as of national significance. From this time on, the formation of the Berezinsky State Reserve began as a full-fledged environmental research institution. The level of scientific research is increasing, the topics of scientific work are being brought into line with the target direction and main objectives of the reserve, and the number of staff is increasing. The scientific department of the reserve has begun the implementation of a long-term continuous topic “Dynamics of phenomena and processes in the natural complexes of the Berezinsky Reserve. Chronicle of Nature".
A new Regulation on the Berezinsky State Reserve was developed and approved by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the USSR I. Volovchenko on December 9, 1970, in which the reserve was defined as a research institution created to preserve a typical area of nature in the northern part of the BSSR in the subzone of spruce-broad-leaved forests in its natural state. Hydrobiological studies began on lakes Palik and Domzheritskoye, which made it possible to obtain data on the species composition and biomass of phytoplankton, zooplankton and zoobenthos. The Reserve, through the “Urajai” publishing house, has begun publishing a collection of scientific works “Berezinsky Reserve. Research". A total of 4 issues were published.
In 1971, scientific profiles of state reserves of the system of union subordination were approved. In this regard, the main directions of scientific research of the Berezinsky Reserve were a complex study of coniferous and coniferous-deciduous forests, sphagnum bogs and other elements of the landscape of the Upper Berezinskaya Lowland; clarification of the hydrological role of swamps in the upper reaches of the Berezina River; development of methods for the protection, reproduction and rational use of natural resources of the Upper Berezinskaya Lowland, study of the biological, ecological and morphophysiological characteristics of the most valuable populations of plants and animals. For the first time, an absolutely protected zone (core) has been allocated on the territory of the reserve with the total area of 12.0 thousand hectares.
In 1972, in the Berezinsky Reserve, on the initiative of the Main Directorate for Nature Conservation, Reserves, Forestry and Hunting of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture, work began on the artificial breeding of grouse birds (in captivity) with the aim of developing recommendations for feeding and keeping young and adult birds with the prospect of creating a breeding laboratory and an experimental nursery for capercaillie (until 1990). A security zone was established along the perimeter of the reserve, 2 km wide, on the territory of the Vitebsk region (by Order of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 519 of June 30, 1972). By order of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 519 of June 30, 1972, the rafting of timber along the Berezina River and Lake Palik within the territory of the reserve was stopped in 1975.
In 1973, a security zone was established along the perimeter of the reserve, 1 km wide, on the territory of the Minsk region (by Order of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 135 of March 9, 1973). On the canals of the Berezinskaya water system near the villages of Kvetcha and Volova Gora, the construction of new sluice regulators was completed (1972 - 1973).
In 1974, the construction of the first line of the central estate of the reserve near Domzheritsy village was completed − an administrative and laboratory building and a museum, a school for 320 pupils with a dormitory building for 120 places, a hotel for 95 places, two residential buildings with 8 apartments, a boiler house, utilities and treatment facilities. By decision of the “Glavpriroda” of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture, 5 Belovezhsky bison (1 male and 4 females) from the bison nursery of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve were released into a temporary enclosure in the Uvyazok natural boundary in the southern part of the reserve. All exhibits of the zoological museum were transported from Kraitsy village to the new premises in Domzheritsy village.
In 1975, management of the reserve was moved from Kraitsy village to a new central estate with a laboratory and administrative building and a residential area in Domzheritsy village. On May 5-7, 1975, a scientific conference “Modern tasks of state forest reserves in the European part of the USSR”, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Berezinsky State Reserve, was held in the Domzheritsy village.
In 1976, the next forest management of the territory of the Berezinsky State Reserve was carried out. The Belarusian forest management enterprise "Lesproekt" developed a Project for the organization and management of the Berezinsky State Reserve of the Main Directorate for Nature Conservation, Reserves and Hunting of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture for 1977-1996. The area of the reserve was 76,201 hectares. Enclosures with animals were moved from Kraitsy to Domzheritsy forestry and were located at the turn to the central estate of the reserve. 6 Belovezhsky bison (4 males and 2 females) were re-delivered from the bison nursery of the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve and released into the wild without being kept in enclosures.
In 1977, experiments began on the artificial breeding of grey partridge in the nursery of the reserve. On July 4-9, 1977, excursions were held for participants of the Vth All-Union Congress of Soil Scientists on the basis of stationary soil research sites in the Berezinsky Nature Reserve. On November 29 – December 2, 1977, the All-Union meeting “Nature reserves and the basic principles of their work” was held in Domzheritsy village on the basis of the Berezinsky State Reserve. Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR No. 415 of December 30, 1977 established that surveys, design and construction of melioration systems and peat enterprises in a 5-kilometer zone from the boundaries of the reserve are carried out in agreement with the its directorate, the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR and the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR for Nature protection, i.e. a so-called hydrological zone was created.
In 1978, at the central estate of the reserve in Domzheritsy village, work began on the creation and laying of a landscape-ecological park (arboretum) and the design of its exhibitions on a total area of 4 hectares.
In 1979, the Berezinsky Reserve was included in the global network of biosphere reserves created within the framework of the permanent “Man and the Biosphere” (MAB) Program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In this regard, the staff of the reserve began to implement three long-term MAB projects (No.2, No.8a,b, No.14), which contribute to the creation of scientific and methodological foundations for complex environmental monitoring of the natural environment state in the coniferous-deciduous forest zone of Europe. The territory of the Berezinsky State Reserve was differentiated into areas with their own protection regimes (core, buffer, security zones). According to the order of the Administration of the Hydrometeorological Service of the BSSR, a base monitoring station began to operate on January 1, 1979, the tasks of which are to monitor the general state of the geophysical environment and the associated state of ecosystems, anthropogenic impact on the area of the reserve, and record changes in the main landscapes of the reserve.
By decision of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Nation's Deputies No. 431 from September 12, 1980, in order to protect assigned hunting grounds and conduct hunting on them, the assigned hunting farm “Barsuki” of the Berezinsky State Reserve was created with a full-time ranger service on an area of 12.0 thousand hectares. At the base monitoring station "Berezinsky Reserve" a chemical laboratory was organized and work began on a complex monitoring at 3 levels: global, aimed at monitoring the general state of geophysical environments and the associated state of ecosystems; regional, ensuring the organization of monitoring the environment state in the Reserve area; local, aimed at recording changes in the main landscapes of the reserve.
In 1982, new enclosures with wild animals were built on the territory of the Rozhno forestry near Rozhno village.
A team of artists from the Vitebsk art workshops under the leadership of Mikhail Fedorovich Glushko created a fundamentally new exhibition of the Nature Museum of the Berezinsky Nature Reserve (1981 - 1983) in the administrative building in Domzheritsy village.
In 1983, the first International Congress on Biosphere Reserves was held in Minsk and on the basis of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, organized by UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUSN). As a result of the work of this Congress, the “Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves” for 1984 - 1994 was adopted (1984), which was approved by the General Conference of UNESCO and the Administrative Council of UNEP (UNEP). The construction of the first House of Environmental Education in the BSSR in specially protected natural areas in Domzheritsy village was completed.
In June 1985, the famous English naturalist Gerald Durrell and his wife visited the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve to film the 11th episode “Berezina. Children and Nature” of the documentary pop-science television film “Darrell in Russia” about the nature of the USSR.
In 1987, at the central estate of the reserve in the Domzheritsy village, the boiler house was reconstructed by installing 6 liquid fuel heating boilers.
Since August 1991, the Berezinsky Reserve left the Union subordination and was under the jurisdiction of the Main Directorate of Production and Economic Services and Nature Reserves of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
Since August 4, 1994, by decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 19, the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve has been under the jurisdiction of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus. In the same year, the reserve was included in the list of biogenetic reserves.
In 1995, the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve was awarded a European diploma. In 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020, the status of the Diploma was successfully confirmed.
Since 1998, the reserve has been an area of international importance for birds.
On January 28, 1999 new Regulations on the Berezinsky Biosphere State Reserve of the Republic of Belarus were developed and approved by the Administrator of the President of the Republic of Belarus I.I. Titenkov.
On August 15, 1999, an Agreement on International Cooperation was signed between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the Kampinoski National Park (Poland).
The scientific department of the reserve completed complex work on the restoration and re-taxation of a network of permanent sample plots in the forest and swamp ecosystems of the reserve (1996 - 2000).
In 2000, a new agreement on international cooperation was signed between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the regional natural park, the Northern Vosges Biosphere Reserve from France.
The charter of the state nature protection institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” was developed and approved by order of the Administrator of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 148 dated June 21, 2001.
The scientific department of the reserve began the implementation of the topic “Structural and functional analysis of the state and dynamics of ecosystems of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the scientific basis for their conservation” (2001 – 2005).
Project on the territorial organization of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve was developed and approved by the Administrator of the President of the Republic of Belarus G.A. Zhuravkova.
Resolution of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus No. 544 from October 7, 2004 approved the Procedure for coordinating and conducting research activities in specially protected natural areas.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to extend the European Diploma for protected areas of the highest category A for the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve until 2010. The decision was made on June 15, 2005.
The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is included in the International Network of Important Bird Areas (IBA, TVP code BY005) − natural areas of exceptional importance for the conservation of rare and endangered bird species, as well as for the maintenance of biological diversity in general.
Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 1919 from December 29, 2007 was adopted on the planned increase in the area of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve to 85,500 hectares (according to the Scheme for the rational placement of specially protected natural areas of republican significance until January 1, 2015).
A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Belarus), the Northern Vosges Biosphere Reserve (France) and the Kampinoski National Park (Poland) on February 21, 2007.
On May 31, 2007, an Agreement on scientific cooperation was concluded between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the Department of Biology of the University of Turku (Finland).
The next forest management of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve territory was carried out. The republican unitary forest management enterprise "Belgosles" developed a Project for the organization and management of forestry of the State Public Institution "Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" for 2009 - 2018. The area of the reserve was 85,192 hectares.
The first Management Plan of the State Nature Protection Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” for 2009–2013 was developed and approved by the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus.
The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is included in the List of Ramsar sites − wetland areas of international importance − mainly as habitats for waterfowl. The decision was made on January 25, 2010 (territory No. 1927).
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to extend the European Diploma for Protected Areas of the highest category A awarded to the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve for ten years until 2020. The extension of the Diploma means recognition of the efforts of the Republic of Belarus aimed at achieving the environmental goals of the reserve and guaranteeing its sustainable management. The decision was made on September 16, 2010.
The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve has become a member of the Worldwide Network of Wetland Education Centers − Wetland Link International (WLI), which aims to spread knowledge about wetlands and lead to a better understanding of the global importance of these ecosystems. The certificate was issued on January 25, 2011.
The Passport for the specially protected natural area “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” was developed and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus.
The memorandum of international cooperation between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Belarus), the Northern Vosges Biosphere Reserve (France) and the Kampinoski National Park (Poland) was extended on October 17, 2011.
The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve joined the international network of the PAN Parks Foundation, thus becoming a Wilderness partner, and received a “Wilderness Diploma” for ensuring guaranteed protection of 27,204 hectares of wild nature within the protected area. The certificate was issued on May 10, 2013.
The State Nature Protection Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” became the holder of the Borisov-Berezinsky bison micropopulation within the boundaries of the reserve and the “Berezina” hunting ground.
In 2014, the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve was included in the International Network of Key Botanical Areas (Important Plant Areas, IPA) − natural areas reflecting exceptional botanical richness and/or supporting particularly valuable complexes of rare, endangered or endemic plant species, as well as vegetation of a large botanical value for Europe.
The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve received a certificate of compliance with the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), certification standards for forest management and supply chain for the period until December 19, 2020. The certificate was issued on January 20, 2015.
On August 26-29, 2015, as part of the implementation of the State Program for the Development of the System of Specially Protected Natural Areas for 2015-2019, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Prospects for the Conservation and Rational Use of Natural Complexes of Specially Protected Natural Areas” was held in Domzheritsy village.
An Agreement on international cooperation in the field of scientific research, protection and sustainable use of protected areas was signed between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the Smolensk Poozerie National Park (Russia).
The non-governmental organization "Otdykh v derevne" with the participation of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve launched the implementation of the initiative "Ecotourism in Berezinsky: innovative approaches, partnership models, green consciousness" within the framework of the UN Development Program project "Promoting the transition of the Republic of Belarus to green economy."
The scientific department of the reserve began the implementation of the topic “Complex analysis of the state and dynamics of natural ecosystems of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, scientific support for their protection and sustainable use” (2016 – 2020).
In the central estate of the reserve − Domzheritsy village, − a nursery for breeding pheasants (pheasantry) was built for the purpose of organizing and conducting pheasant hunting on the territory of the experimental forestry and hunting area “Barsuki” and the hunting area “Berezina”.
The memorandum of international cooperation between the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Belarus), the Northern Vosges Biosphere Reserve (France) and the Kampinoski National Park (Poland) was extended.
On June 23, 2017, a Mythological Tourism Center was opened in the central estate of the reserve on the territory of Domzheritsy forestry. It was created as part of the implementation of the Initiative “Ecotourism in Berezinsky: innovative approaches, partnership models, “green” consciousness” by the Belarusian public association “Otdykh v derevne” and the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve under the project “Promoting the transition of the Republic of Belarus to green economy”, funded by the EU and implemented by the UN Development Program in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. The center of mythological tourism includes the “Museum of Mythical Creatures” with a solar power plant, the ecological trail “In the Land of Myths” with designer art objects.
In 2017, the engineering road and bridge construction battalion of military unit 72471 built a new low-water wooden bridge across the Berezina River near Brody village. In Domzheritsy village, a new administrative building of Domzheritsy forestry was built and put into operation. The state nature protection institution "Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" successfully passed accreditation by the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as a scientific organization for the period until November 29, 2022 (certificate No. 171 dated November 30, 2017). A set of field forest inventory works were carried out in the reserve to develop a forest management project for 2019 - 2028.
On July 10 – 17, 2018, the VII Meeting of young ecologists of the Union State of Belarus and Russia “Ecology without borders” was held in Domzheritsy village on the basis of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve.
The next forest management of the territory of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve was carried out in 2017-2018. The republican unitary forest management enterprise "Belgosles" developed and approved the forest management project of the State Public Institution "Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" for 2019 - 2028. The area of the reserve was 86,072.8 hectares.
On May 28, 2019, a stage of the “Flame of Peace” torch relay was held on the territory of the reserve as part of the II European Games in the Republic of Belarus.
On September 21-22, 2019, the first international mythology festival “Tsmok’s Way” was held in the central estate of the reserve in Domzheritsy village.
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated July 26, 2019 No. 279 “On amendments to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus” dated February 9, 2012 No. 59 introduced changes to the boundaries, area and composition of the lands of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and its protected zone (territory transformation): the area of the reserve was 86,072.8 hectares, its protected zone – 31,896.2 hectares. By order of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 28, 2019 No. 49 “On amendments and additions to the order of the President of the Republic of Belarus”, Lake Berescha in the Lepelsky district was transferred to the State Nature Protection Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” for the purpose of developing hunting and fishing.
In 2020, a List of specially designated areas of the reserve was developed and agreed upon with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, intended to ensure the functioning of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and the activities of citizens living within its borders.
On August 14, 2020, at the central estate of the reserve in Domzheritsy village, the Honey Museum was opened, created jointly with the farm “Honey Family”. On the territory of the open-air enclosures with wild animals “Forest Zoo”, a new exhibition “Pet Zoo” was created and opened, presenting the diversity of domestic animals.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to extend the European Diploma for Protected Areas of the highest category A awarded to the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve for ten years until 2030. The extension of the Diploma means recognition of the efforts of the Republic of Belarus aimed at achieving the environmental goals of the reserve and guaranteeing its sustainable management. The decision was made on September 23, 2020.
On August 21 - 22, 2021, in the central estate of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, Domzheritsy village, the II Festival of Slavic mythology “Tsmok’s Way” was held, for which the State Environmental Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” became a diploma winner of the XIX Republican Tourism Competition “Discover Belarus 2021” in the category “Best tourism event of the year”.
The next management plan of the State Public Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve” for 2021 – 2030 was developed and approved, including new areas of implementation and activities for a 5-year period (2021‒2025).
In 2022, a new route for children − from 5 to 10 years old − was opened in the high rope park "Lesnye Zabawy". The apihouse, located on the territory of the Honey Museum, was opened.
