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9-506: The largest of Poland's 23 national parks , the Biebrza National Park was created on 9 September 1993. Its total area is 592.23 km (228.66 sq mi), of which forests cover 155.47 km, fields and meadows are spread over 181.82 km and marshes with an area of 254.94 km. The Biebrza Marshes are the most valuable part of the park. Biebrza National Park protects vast and relatively untouched fenlands with

18-690: A director, who works closely with an oversight board. They are further supervised by the Ministry of Climate and Environment . Ordinances issued by the Polish Council of Ministers , establishing individual national parks (all in Polish, in PDF format). Official websites of individual national parks Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland Too Many Requests If you report this error to

27-524: A national park, an area needs to be at least 1000 hectares in size and have outstanding environmental and cultural value. The ecosystems in the park need to be in their natural state—or close to it. National parks usually play host to several "valuable" species; usually rare or protected ones. The area of a national park is divided into different zones using separate methods of conservation. There are strict protection zones, as well as active and landscape-related ones. Additionally, they are usually surrounded by

36-484: A protective buffer zone called otulina . Human activity is also heavily restricted within the park itself, with strict conservation rules in place. There are also significant restrictions on what can be done within the buffer zones. Poland's national parks are governed by the Nature Conservation Act, last amended in 2004, and they are funded from the central state budget. Each park is managed by

45-532: A unique variety of several communities of plants, rare wetland birds, and mammals such as elk and beaver . The Biebrza wetlands as well as the Narew River valleys are very important centres for birds’ nesting, feeding and resting. In 1995 the park was designated as a wetland site of worldwide significance and is under the protection of the Ramsar Convention . The most important part of the park

54-437: Is Red Marsh ( Polish : Rezerwat przyrody Czerwone Bagno ), which is under strict protection. The park's headquarters are located at no. 8 in the village of Osowiec-Twierdza , within the grounds of the historic Osowiec Fortress from the 19th century, near Goniądz . On 18 April 2020 a fire broke out that destroyed at least 6,000 hectares of grass and woodland. This fire was caused by illegal grass burning. While usually

63-706: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of national parks of Poland There are 23 national parks in Poland . These were formerly run by the Polish Board of National Parks ( Polish : Krajowy Zarząd Parków Narodowych ), but in 2004 responsibility for their management was transferred to what is now the Ministry of Climate and the Environment . Most national parks are divided into strictly and partially protected zones. They currently encompass around 186000 hectares of forest, or around 2% of all

72-438: The country's woodlands. Polish national parks have carried out numerous research programs and they play an important role in the ecological education. The national parks can be visited as they provide a well-developed tourism infrastructure, though visitors typically need to keep to designated areas such as trails. Many parks furthermore offer thematic trails, educational centres and natural history museums. In order to become

81-411: The fire would have been put out with the onset of the flooding of the grassland, this year's low water level meant that the fire kept on raging until it was finally declared under control on April 26. It has been the most devastating fire since 1992. This Podlaskie Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Polish protected area -related article

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