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 Bia這wie瘸
National Park
It is part
of the primeval forest called Puszcza Bia這wieska, one of the
biggest forest complexes in Central Europe and the only lowland
natural forest in Europe... |
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Although the
Bia這wie瘸 National Park is one of the most previous ones in the
world-wide scale, it is the smallest one in Poland until the present
day. It is part of the primeval forest called Puszcza Bia這wieska,
one of the biggest forest complexes in Central Europe and the only
lowland natural forest in Europe.
Those forests have been a mainstay of the wild nature for many years.
That was where the biggest mammals in Europe found their place –
namely the aurochs (bisons). The nature has been preserved here in
such an unpolluted form mainly because the areas used to be private
hunting areas of kings of Poland. The first national park in Poland
was established precisely there in 1921 – today it is included in
the World Humanity Heritage as the Biosphere Reservation of the
United Nations.
The heart of the forest is located in the fragment adjacent to the
border with Belarus and it is over 500 years old. There was founded
the Strict Reservation of the Bia這wie瘸 National Park. The forest
is one of the most precious natural places in the world. There have
never been carried out an exploitation forest management or any
cut-outs there. Almost the whole area of the park is covered by a
strict protection. In order to protect the area of the reservation
in the best way, the tourist traffic there is carried out only along
separated paths and only in groups with a guide.
Various organizations have been proposing the necessity to widen the
area of the park for many years, and it is predicted that its area
will widen to cover the whole forest in a few years.
The area of the park (reservation) is actually flat and when we pass
the gate separating it from the Palace Park, we will be surrounded
with a dense and intense greenery. There is a wall of old pines,
oaks, ashes, hornbeams, lime-trees, and elms, and a dense base
underneath along both sides of the path. The Bia這wie瘸 National
Park is inhabited by 50 species of mammals (including wild aurochs),
ca. 200 species of birds, and 1000 species of insects. There were
counted almost a thousand types of plants and the same number of
fungi.
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Puszcza Bia這wieska
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