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  • Magura National Park - Magura National Park was established in 1995 over the area of 19,962 ha and it is situated in Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Malopolskie Voivodeship. Its present area is 19,439 ha. The Park is situated on the south of Poland, in the Beskid Niski mountain range, by the border with the Slovak Republic. It covers a large part of water-head area of the Wisloka river, which is the Magura Watkowska massif, a part of the main Carpathian ridge. Forest ecosystems prevail in the Park, covering 18,531 ha.
  • Narew National Park - Narew National Park is located in the north-east Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. The Park total area, established in 1996, is 7,350 ha. Most of the land is private and belongs to small farmers. Only 2,057 ha are a property of the State. The Park lies in the Upper Narew valley and occupies the marshy Narew valley between Suraz and Rzedziany, which used to belong to the Narew Landscape Park.
  • Ojcow National Park - Ojcow National Park is situated in the southern part of Poland, in Malopolskie Voivodeship, 16 km north of Cracow, on the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland. The Park encompasses valleys of two small rivers: the Pradnik and Saspowka as well as adjacent parts of the Jura Plateau. The Park was established in 1956 over the area of 1,440 ha. Its current area occupies 2,146 ha, out of which 1,528 ha are covered by forests. 251 ha of forests are strictly protected. It is the smallest national park in Poland.
  • Pieniny National Park - Pieniny National Park is situated in the Pieniny Mountains, in the southern part of Poland, in Malopolskie Voivodeship, on the Polish-Slovak boarder. The Pieniny are divided into Pieniny Spiskie, Pieniny Wlasciwe (where the Park lies) and Male Pieniny. The Park's area is 2,346 ha, out of which 1,311 ha are owned by the State. Forests cover 1,665 ha. 750 ha are placed under a strict protection.
  • Polesie National Park - Polesie National Park lies in central Poland near its eastern border. The park lies in the Lublin Voivodeship. It was established in 1990 over the area of 4,813 ha. The national park was created on the basis of the existing peatbogs nature reserves: Durne Bagno, Jezioro Moszne, Jezioro Dlugie, Torfowisko Orlowskie. Later in 1994 Bagno Bubnow became part of Polesie N.P. Those specific areas have a high number of rare flora and fauna species.
  • Roztocze National Park - Roztocze National Park lies in the central-east part of Poland, in Lubelskie Voivodeship. It encompasses the most naturally valuable parts of Central Roztocze. The Park was founded in 1974 over the area of 4,801 ha. Currently the Park total area amounts to 8,483 ha, 8,102 ha of which is afforested. 806 ha are under a strict protection.
  • Slowinski National Park - Slowinski National Park lies in the central part of the Polish coast, between Leba and Rowy, in the Pomorskie Voivodeship. The northern border of the Park is formed by 32.5 km of the Baltic Sea coastline. Activities towards the creation of a national park started in 1946 during the conference in Leba with the participation of scientists from Poznan and Gdansk. The Park was finally established in 1967, over the area of 18,069 ha.
  • Swietokrzyski National Park - The Park is located in the central part of Poland, in Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. It encompases: Lysogory the highest range of the Swietokrzyskie Mountains, with their highest peaks: Lysica (612 m a.s.l.) and Lysa Gora (595 m a.s.l.), the eastern part of Pasmo Klonowskie range (together with the peaks at Bukowa Gora, Psarska Gora, and Miejska Gora) and a part of Pasmo Pokrzywianskie range (with Chelmowa Gora peak).
  • Tatra National Park - Tatra National Park is located in the southern part of Poland, in Malopolskie Voivodeship, on the border with the Slovak Republic.
  • Warta River Mouth National Park - The proposal to establish the „Warta River-Mouth” National Park was approved by the Council of Ministers on 19 June 2001. The Park is situated in historical delta of the Warta River mouth in the area of the Lubuskie Voivodship, in Western Poland. Its area  is 8,038 hectares. The „Warta River-Mouth” National Park was created on the site of and it replaced the existing there since 1977 the Slonsk Nature Reserve.

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