Białowieża Forest World Heritage site is shared by Poland and Belarus. This transboundary property is exceptional for the opportunities it offers for biodiversity conservation.
Licence photo by Adam Falkowsky
PL-1712750, sent by Aneta.
Bialowieza Forest is a large forest complex located on the border
between Poland and Belarus. Thanks to several ages of protection the
Forest had survived in its natural state to this day.
This property includes a complex of lowland forests that are
characteristics of the Central European mixed forests terrestrial
ecoregion. The area has exceptionally conservation significance due to
the scale of its old growth forests, which include extensive undisturbed
areas where natural processes are on-going. A consequence is the
richness in dead wood, standing and on the ground, and consequently a
high diversity of fungi and saproxylic invertebrates.
The property protects a diverse and rich wildlife of which 59 mammal
species, over 250 bird, 13 amphibian, 7 reptile and over 12,000
invertebrate species. The iconic symbol of the property is the European
Bison: approximately 900 individuals in the whole property which make
almost 25% of the total world’s population and over 30% of free-living
animals.
The Bialowieza National Park, Poland, was inscribed on the World
Heritage List in 1979 and extended to include Belovezhskaya Pushcha,
Belarus, in 1992. A large extension of the property in 2014 results in a
property of 141,885 ha with a buffer zone of 166,708 ha. - in:https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/33/
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