Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping
Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping
Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping Belarusian Polish Forest Mapping
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<strong>Belarusian</strong>-<strong>Polish</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Mapping</strong> project<br />
Reserve, located in the floodplain of the Prypiat River, most BIFs are temporarily flooded<br />
riparian, mesotrophic moist deciduous forests and oligotrophic slightly wet pine forests.<br />
In Belarus a significant part of bogs are partly overgrown by trees and they are the most natural<br />
ecosystems of the country (fig. 3.3), habitats of many rare and endangered species of flora and<br />
fauna. However, the BPFM project was focused on typical forests, and additional research will<br />
be needed to determine the ecological importance of bogs in the functioning of larger ecosystem<br />
mosaics.<br />
Presidential Administration<br />
of Republic of Belarus<br />
National Academy of Science<br />
Ministry for Emergency Situations<br />
Ministry of Education<br />
Ministry of Defence<br />
Ministry of <strong>Forest</strong>ry<br />
Local Authorities<br />
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000 ha<br />
Fig.3.3. Area of open bogs (mires) in Belarus<br />
POLAND<br />
The analysis of BIFs by forest types is based on the accessible forestry records, which cover<br />
about ca. 614,000 ha, or 63% of BIFs (Table 3.4). The rest of the BIFs - 37% - have not been<br />
analyzed by forest type due to a lack of information about their type. Only BIFs located inside<br />
areas covered by Level 1 (stand level) numeric maps were analyzed. The reason for this<br />
limitation is that only forests on the Level 1 maps had a complete set of information for each<br />
stand (forest type and information about all criteria it fulfilled).<br />
Table 3.4. Contributions of individual forest types to BIFs in Poland.<br />
<strong>Forest</strong> type Area (ha) Share (%)<br />
Relatively dry lowland coniferous and mixed<br />
forests<br />
120,012 19.54<br />
Moist or wet lowland coniferous and mixed<br />
forests<br />
42,301 6.89<br />
Lowland beech forests 33,390 5.44<br />
Lowland oak forests and mixed broadleaved<br />
forests<br />
230,386 37.51<br />
Alder forests and similar swamp forests 52,894 8.61<br />
Flood-plain forests 34,855 5.68<br />
Upland oak forests and mixed broadleaved<br />
forests<br />
13,913 2.27<br />
Upland and montane beech forests 77,157 12.56<br />
Upland and lower montane coniferous forests 7,282 1.19<br />
Upland and montane riverine forests 1,322 0.22<br />
Upper montane spruce forests 636 0.10<br />
Total 614,148 100.00<br />
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