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May 22 – International Biological Diversity Day

33 years ago – on May 22, 1992, the Convention on Biological Diversity was held. Eight years later, in December 2000, the UN General Assembly commemorated this event by declaring May 22 as the International Day of Biological Diversity. This holiday aims to increase public [...]

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Water retention in ditches – can it really counteract drought?

It is estimated that in Poland we have about 250,000 km of ditches. For comparison, the length of all streams that cover the surface of our country is about 150,000 km and the land border of our country is only 3,071 km. We could only [...]

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Does modern land improvement support retention and counteract the effects of drought?

Water reclamation is a set of procedures aimed at regulating water relations in the soil in order to improve its production capacity, facilitate cultivation, and protect agricultural land from flooding. Reclamation consists of draining areas from excess water and at the same time retaining water [...]

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State Water Holding Polish Waters

European Drought Observatory

The IT Country Protection System – drought plan

Water Shortage Prevention Program

Water Management Plans

The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management drought portal

PFRA, FHM, FRM – maps

Agricultural Drought Monitoring System

Flood Risk Management Plans

Government Centre for Security – daily report