Reintroductions of Forest Fauna in the Second Polish Republic
Reintroductions of Forest Fauna in the Second Polish Republic
Author(s): Piotr DaszkiewiczSubject(s): History, Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental interactions
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: forest policy; the Second Polish republic; saving the bison; protection of the beaver; history of ecology; consequences of the Soviet and German occupation;
Summary/Abstract: the article presents the action of the reintroduction of forest fauna conducted in the interwar period in Poland. the activities that led to the rescue of bison were discussed. the success of saving the last beaver populations in this part of europe was recalled and analyzed. the activities, pioneering in europe, carried out by the State Forests, for the pro-tection of moose, were also presented. the article draws attention to the modernity of the ecological policy in Poland during the period of 1918–1939, as well as to the importance of the policy implemented by the State Forests in this period. Despite the Soviet-German oc-cupation of Poland, some of the activities of interwar Poland managed to survive and to this day constitute an important part of the ecological policy of the eu
Journal: Studia Historiae Oeconomicae
- Issue Year: 42/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 113-124
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
