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8. ● Białowieża forest straddles the
border between Poland and
Belarus
● Since the border between the two
countries runs through the forest,
there is a border crossing
available for hikers and cyclists.
9. Name
● Białowieża forest is named after a Polish village “Białowieża”
● The name comes from the white wooden hunting manor, set in the
village by Władysław II Jagiełło.
● But both Belarusian authorities and UNESCO use the official
Russian name for the national park which is “Belovezhskaya pushcha “
10. Nature protection at the Polish side
● The Białowieża forest in Poland
is strictly protected as
“Białowieża National Park”
● There is also a “Białowieża
Glade” with a complex of
buildings from the Partitions of
Poland.
11. Tourism
● There are a lot of tourists at the Polish side and the guided tours can
be organised on foot, by bikes or even by horse-drawn carriages.
● As for attractions, tourists can: watch rare species of birds, watch
European bisons in their natural habitat or take sledge as well as
carriage rides with a bonfire.
12.
13. History
● The very beginning of the Białowieża National Park dates back to
the 14th century, when Białowieża forest was introduced to
restricted hunting.
● It was recognized as a protected area when King Zygmunt The Old
released a decree whereby killing a bison in a local forest was
liable to punishment.
● However, bisons life came under threat after the Partition of
Poland when tzar Paul turned the forest residents into slaves.
14. ● In 1801 tzar Alexander put back the rules that stated the peasants
should protect the bisons. Thanks to their effort, the bison population
increased to 730 animals in the 1830s.
● But the November Uprising had the peasants removed from their posts,
and bison population was once again under threat.
● Then, in the 1960s, tzar Alexander appeared in the Białowieża forest
again, and ordered to put protection laws on the population of bisons
and animals that were a threat to bisons were hunted down.
15. The National Park
was placed on the
World Heritage List in
1992 and was
declared a Biosphere
Reserve under the
UNESCO Man and
Biosphere program in
1993.
