Protection of valuable ecosystems of the Tuchola Forest

Project facts

Project promoter:
Woziwoda Forest District(PL)
Project Number:
PL-CLIMATE-0081
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€1,191,165
Donor Project Partners:
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research(NO)
Other Project Partners
Adam Mickiewicz University(PL)
Tuchola Forest District(PL)

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Description

Bory Tucholskie is a region of high biodiversity on a supra-regional scale and unique natural values. To preserve the valuable natural habitats associated with the pine forest complex, many forms of nature protection have been established. The area covered by the planned activities of this project, within the administrative area of the Woziwoda and Tuchola Forest Districts, is under protection.

The project involves comprehensive implementation of measures to increase the resilience of Tuchola Forest ecosystems to negative phenomena resulting from climate change.

Detailed activities of the project provide for the implementation of protective measures specified in the conservation plans or plans of protective tasks for 6 nature reserves, TPK and Natura2000 areas covering the area of the Woziwoda and Tuchola Forest Districts. Based on the concept prepared, measures have been designed to increase the retention capacity of wetland habitats through the construction of dams and levees. In order to better identify valuable natural habitats, a verification has been designed on an area of nearly 500 ha, carried out in accordance with the methodology of the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection. Selected, most valuable wetland ecosystems and peatbogs will be subjected to natural analysis by the partners of the project, scientists from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and NINA from Norway on the basis of an innovative technique of hyperspectral imaging combined with aerial remote sensing. The project includes the improvement of tourist infrastructure infrastructure at the protected sites and a media campaign. 

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