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Białowieża Forest is a large forest complex on the border between Poland and Belarus. It is one of the last and the largest remaining part of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain .
The Białowieża Forest contains the last remnants of old-growth forests in the North European Plain. The forest is predominantly composed of deciduous and mixed forests. A notable trend observed in the Białowieża National Park is the decline of Scots pine in favor of deciduous species.
The park's formal beginning was the Forest Reserve inspectorate (Polish: Rezerwat) established in 1921. The inspectorate was transformed into the National Park in Białowieża on 11 August 1932 by the Second Polish Republic. After World War II, the forest was divided between the People's Republic of Poland and the Belarusian SSR of the Soviet ...
Most of the Białowieża Forest was declared a national park on August 11, 1932 during the Second Polish Republic. After World War II the forest was divided in accordance with the Polish–Soviet border agreement of August 1945 between the People's Republic of Poland and the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union. Poland reopened the Białowieża ...
Swamp in Białowieża Forest, on the Belarus–Poland border. Swamps, marshes, mires, bogs, and fens are important parts of the natural landscape in Belarus.Vast swamplands historically covered the country, and currently there are around 2.5 million hectares of wetlands in Belarus.
Białowieża [bʲawɔˈvʲɛʐa] is a village in Poland's Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the middle of the Białowieża Forest, to which it gave its name. The village is some 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Hajnówka and 66 km (41 mi) southeast of the province capital, Białystok .
Berlin-based Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired international rights to Lidia Duda’s documentary “Forest,” which will have its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Trunk of The Jagiełło Oak. The Jagiełło Oak is the most noted of the Białowieża Forest oaks in Poland, near the border with Belarus.The tree was blown down on November 2, 1974, at which time it had a circumference of 550 cm (220 in) at breast height and a height of 39 m (128 ft); it had large branches and a well-developed crown.