| Series: Other coins |
| The commemorative coin is dedicated to the International Year of Forests, i.e. 2011, declared such by the United Nations. The forests are a type of natural landscapes with corresponding vegetation, fauna, microorganisms, depending upon one another in their evolution. They are a component of the national natural resources of the country, ponderable for the life harmony of human beings. |
 | Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there are depicted two birds sitting among branches in a conventionalized nest the centre whereof is like the Earth. The composition symbolizes the humankind life – the Earth is the home for people as the nest is the home for birds. Below there are the legend 2011 (the coin issue year) and the semicircular inscription П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias). |  | Reverse: there are depicted hand-like branches extending to the Sun; along the coin circumference there are the legends МІЖНАРОДНИЙ РІК ЛІСІВ (International Year of Forests) above and ЗБЕРЕЖЕМО ЗАРАДИ ЖИТТЯ ((We shall) salvage for the sake of the life) below. | |
| Designer: Volodymyr Taran , Oleksandr Kharuk , Serhii Kharuk |
| Engraver: Sviatoslav Ivanenko |
