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Institute of Nature Conservation PAS

The Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy Sciences in Krakow is a specialised scientific institution for nature conservation, one of the few of its kind in Europe.

The Institute carries out research in the fields of ecology, conservation biology, and geology.

The main task of the Institute of Nature Conservation is to create the scientific basis for modern nature conservation and environmental protection.

The Institute’s work is centered around two integrating issues: ‘Prospects for protection of the natural heritage through sustainable development’ and ‘Protection and conservation of the natural (biological and geological) biodiversity of Poland’. Those issues are studied on species, population and ecosystem levels.

The Institute’s mission is to acquire scientific knowledge and implement it in practical conservation of nature, to document biological diversity and the threats to it, and to carry out environmental education.

Brief history:

December 1919 - Provisional State Commission for Nature Protection [Tymczasowa Państwowa Komisja Ochrony Przyrody], from February 1920 it was chaired by Prof. Władysław Szafer (1886-1970);
1925 - Transformation of the Commission into the State Council for Nature Conservation [Państwowa Rada Ochrony Przyrody], and at the same time into the Office of the Delegate of the Minister of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment for Nature Conservation [Biuro Delegata Ministra Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego do Spraw Ochrony Przyrody], which functioned until September 1939 and in the years 1946-1949;
1949 - transformation of the Office into the Committee for Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences [Komitet Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności];
December 1952 - transformation of the Committee into a scientific institution, named the Department of Nature Conservation (ZOP, Zakład Ochrony Przyrody);
January 1953 - Department of Nature Conservation (ZOP) becomes a research unit of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Organiser and first Director (1952-1960) - Prof. Władysław Szafer;
1978 - transformation of ZOP into Department of Nature Conservation and Natural Resources of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ZOPiZN PAN, Zakład Ochrony Przyrody i Zasobów Naturalnych PAN);
since 1993 - transformation of ZOPiZN PAN into the Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Sezonowe i dobowe zmiany pH, alkaliczności i tlenu rozpuszczonego w wodzie stawów rybnych

Bombówna, Maria

1956

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Studia Naturae No. 8 (1974)

Studia Naturae Seria A - Wydawnictwa naukowe

Klein, Jan

1974

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Ecological studies of the International Biological Programme in the Niepołomice Forest, Part II

The local climate of Vistula Valley in the northern part of the Niepołomice Forest

Klein, Jan

1978

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The Lipówka nature reserve in the Niepołomice Forest

Phytoclimatic conditions in the Lipówka nature reserve in the Niepołomice Forest

Klein, Jan

1978

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Ecosystems Studies in a Beech Forest and Meadow in the Ojców National Park

The phytoclimatic character of the investigated plots in relation to mesoclimatic conditions of Ojców

Klein, Jan

1967

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Gospodarka rybacka w jeziorach

Szczerbowski, Jan A.

2001

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Ecosystems Studies in a Beech Forest and Meadow in the Ojców National Park

Floristic composition, structure, and productivity of woody plants in a beech stand Fagetum carpaticum

Myczkowski, Stefan

1967

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Protection of Nature Ann. 43 (1980)

Dyduch, Anna

1980

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Molluscs of Gardno Lake and necessity of their protection

Dyduch, Anna Falniowski, Andrzej

1979

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Ochrona przyrody - czym jest?

Dyduch-Falniowska, Anna

1992

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Przeplatka aurinia Euphydryas aurinia w Puszczy Knyszyńskiej

Sielezniew, Marcin

2015

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How should the water chestnut, Trapa natans, be protected?

Krzanowski, Adam

1976

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Protection of Nature Ann. 32 (1967)

Lower Silesian basalts as monuments of inanimate nature

Birkenmajer, Krzysztof

1967

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A Project for the network of strict nature reserves in the Tatra National Park

Myczkowski, Stefan

1967

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Contemporary technics and protection of animals

Wojtusiak, Roman J.

1946

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Działalność Rady Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego

Myczkowski, Stefan

1956

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Jodła pospolita (Abies alba Mill.) na górnej granicy lasu w Tatrach

Myczkowski, Stefan

1955

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Nowe jaskinie na terenie Polski

Krzanowski, Andrzej

1951

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Dalsze wiadomości o jaskiniach w okolicy Dukli

Krzanowski, Andrzej

1952

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Utworzenie trzech górskich parków narodowych

Myczkowski, Stefan

1955

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Ciconia ciconia in the east part the Western Bieszczady Mts. and Sanocko-Turczańskie Mts. in 1980-1995

Ćwikowski, Cezary

1996

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The Rawka stream - a projected nature reserve

Jakubowska-Gabara, Janina Kucharski, Leszek

1983

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The present state and prospects of lampreys Petromyzonidae in Polish waters

Witkowski, Andrzej (1947–2017)

1995

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Wartość środowiska przyrodniczego Krakowa i okolic

Środowisko geograficzne Wyżyny Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej

Stawowczyk, Aneta

2007

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Integralna Ochrona Przyrody

Ochrona przyrody - czym jest, jej cele i formy

Głowaciński, Zbigniew

2007

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Nowe stanowiska i występowanie soplówki jeżowatej Hericium erinaceus w Polsce

Sikora, Arkadiusz Neubauer, Grzegorz

2015

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Mapa zbiorowisk roślinnych Pienińskiego Parku Narodowego 1998-2001

Kaźmierczakowa, Róża (1939– ) Pancer-Koteja, Elżbieta

2004

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Charakter podłoża zlewni rzeki Skawy a chemizm jej wody oraz drobnoziarnistych osadów dennych

Pasternak, Kazimierz

1976

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Skałki piaskowcowe w okolicy Ciężkowic nad Białą

Alexandrowicz, Zofia

1970

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Red list of threatened animals in Poland

Gastropoda terrestria Terrestrial gastropods

Wiktor, Andrzej Riedel, Adolf (1930–2010)

2002

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Integralna Ochrona Przyrody

Czym jest bioróżnorodność i jej ekologiczne uwarunkowania

Adamski, Paweł

2007

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Crystal Caves in the Wieliczka Salt Mine

2. Geological outline of Wieliczka salt deposit

Alexandrowicz, Zofia

2000

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Integralna Ochrona Przyrody

Ekotoksykologia: najważniejsze zagadnienia i cele

Laskowski, Ryszard

2007

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Population of White Stork Ciconia ciconia L. in Poland

The breeding biology of White Stork Ciconia ciconia (L.) in the selected area of Southern Poland

Profus, Piotr

1991

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Carpathian flysch fossils - the arguments about conservation

Gonera, Małgorzata

1997

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The Lipówka nature reserve in the Niepołomice Forest

A general natural characteristic of the Lipówka nature reserve in the Niepołomice Forest

Głowaciński, Zbigniew Kaźmierczakowa, Róża (1939– )

1978

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Żubry nizinne i nizinno-kaukaskie w Puszczy Białowieskiej

Krasiński, Zbigniew A. Krasińska, Małgorzata Raczyński, Jan

2016

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Red list of threatened animals in Poland

Coleoptera Beetles

Pawłowski, Jerzy Kubisz, Daniel Mazur, Mieczysław

2002

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Adam Pałczyński 1926-1992

Jakubiec, Zbigniew

1992

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„The Drawa River” scenic-aquatic nature reserve in West Pomerania

Jasnowska, Janina (1925– ) Jasnowski, Mieczysław (1920–1993)

1982

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