Conservation and Restoration of
Mires in Pomerania, Poland
CEEWeb Academy
Building Blue-Green Infrastructure, Budapest 6-8 October 2015
Klub Przyrodników - Naturalists Club Poland
LIFE04NAT/PL/000208
2004-2007
Conservation of baltic raised bogs, 2004-2007, 2007-2011
2010...
2008...
Promising, but still (7 years after…) need to be continued and monitored…
New technics used
Mires conservation in various forest complexes, 1995-2015
For drained bogs, ditches blocking
is standard, and effective measure
Knowledge necessary…
Specific problems:
IAS Spiraea tomentosa expansion
(North-American origin)
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Fot. Ewa Gutowska
Conservation of alkaline fens in Poland 2010-2017
LIFE11NAT/PL/423
2012-2017
New idea:
International
climate mire
conservation
project
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Fot. Mara Pakalne
Fot. Mara Pakalne
Poland
Słowinski
National
Park
Degraded
raised bogs
Experience
Ca 300 mires
Ca 3000 ditches blocking points
Conservable if:
• Useless, or protected site
• Drained, but not so much degraded
• Single ownership
We have fully explored the possibilities
of conservation of conservable bogs
Even if more money would be
avaliable, there are no more
conservable bogs for conservation
Non-Conservable if:
• Management interests for the bog
• Management interests for the zone influenced
by water conditions improving
• Too much drained / degraded
• Not drained but degraded
• Multi-ownership
80%
If there is conflict of interests…
The ditches are still
draining 
Thank you for your attention