Bialowieza National Park was officially established in 1932 and covers nearly 26,000 acres of the forest — about one-sixth of the area belonging to Poland. Housing over 900 different plant ...

Thanks to several ages of protection the Forest had survived in its natural state to this day. The Bialowieza National Park, Poland, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979 and extended to ...

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