page_title: Nature reserves in Poland
hierarchical_section_title: Nature reserves in Poland
caption_attribution_description: English: (European Yew), Poland - Nature reserve "Cisy Staropolskie" Polski: Cis pospolity, rezerwat "Cisy staropolskie"
context_page_description: Nature reserves in Poland cover a total area of 1,644,634 hectares, representing 0.53% of the territory of Poland. As of 2011, Poland has 1469 nature reserves.
  The total area of the nature reserves in Poland has expanded since 1980 when they covered only about 80,000 hectares. By 1990 this increased to 117,000 hectares Their number has also expanded. However, the area of the natural reserves under strict protection has decreased from 7,200 hectares in 1990 to 3,700 hectares as of 2011. The area of nature reserves in Poland was highest around in 2008, when they approached 180,000 hectares.
  Nature reserves in Poland are divided into: fauna, landscape, forest, peat-bog, flora, water, inanimate nature, steppe and halophyte. Another division is into the regular and strict nature reserves; the strict ones see no human activity, whereas the regular one see limited maintenance.
  According to Łonkiewicz, the first nature reserve on the Polish lands was the Pamiątka Pieniacka, 50 hectares large, established by count Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki in 1886.
context_section_description: Nature reserves in Poland (Polish: rezerwaty przyrody w Polsce) cover a total area of 1,644,634 hectares (4,063,980 acres), representing 0.53% of the territory of Poland. As of 2011, Poland has 1469 nature reserves.
  The total area of the nature reserves in Poland has expanded since 1980 when they covered only about 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres). By 1990 this increased to 117,000 hectares (290,000 acres) (0.37% of the territory of Poland)  Their number has also expanded (in 2000 they numbered 1307). However, the area of the  natural reserves under strict protection (pod ochroną ścisłą) has decreased from 7,200 hectares (18,000 acres) in 1990 to 3,700 hectares (9,100 acres) as of 2011. The area of nature reserves in Poland was highest around in 2008, when they approached 180,000 hectares (440,000 acres).
  Nature reserves in Poland are divided into: fauna (141), landscape (108), forest (722), peat-bog (177), flora (169), water (44), inanimate nature (72), steppe (32) and halophyte (4). Another division is into the regular and strict nature reserves; the strict ones see no human activity, whereas the regular one see limited maintenance.
  According to Łonkiewicz, the first nature reserve on the Polish lands was the Pamiątka Pieniacka (near Lwów), 50 hectares large, established by count Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki in 1886. As Rąkowski also notes, that nature reserve is no longer in the borders of modern Poland (it is now in Ukraine), and the oldest nature reserve on modern Polish lands may be the Baranowiec Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Barnowiec) established in 1903. Boiński as well Łachowski et al. however note that the oldest preserve may be the Leon Wyczółkowski's Cisy Staropolskie Nature Preserve (Rezerwat przyrody Cisy Staropolskie im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego), whose establishment dates to 1827.
  Some of the best known nature reserves in Poland include: Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Lasy Naturalne Puszczy Białowieskiej), Leon Wyczółkowski's Cisy Staropolskie Nature Preserve (Rezerwat przyrody Cisy Staropolskie im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego), Olszyny Niezgodzkie Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Olszyny Niezgodzkie), Modrzewina Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Modrzewina) and the Stefan Starzyński's Kabacki's Forest Nature Reserve (Rezerwat przyrody Las Kabacki im. Stefana Starzyńskiego).
caption: Leon Wyczółkowski's Cisy Staropolskie Nature Preserve, likely the oldest nature reserve in Poland
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