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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-904-4-0163

MID-FIELD WOODLOTS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FORESTS IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS - THE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM

Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz, Jan Łukaszkiewicz, Piotr Wisniewski

In vast agricultural areas, afforestation systems - mid-field, roadside, waterside and others - are a necessary "substitute" for former natural forest complexes. They contributed to preserving the ecological balance in areas intensely anthropogenically transformed centuries ago. Systemically introduced and constantly maintained, they bring many benefits for people and the environment - they fulfil several diverse functions - from biological and technical to aesthetic and social. Afforestation strongly impacts the climate, translating into economic efficiency in agricultural areas; it significantly reduces environmental pollution (phytoremediation); they have a biocenosis function (shaping specific biotopes); they positively affect landscape physiognomy. In Europe, the protection of landscape and natural resources is implemented through several legal acts at the level of EU legislation and individual countries. In 2020, the European Commission published a biodiversity strategy for protecting and restoring nature in the European Union by 2030. The document also refers to mid-field plantings because this issue remains at a different level in individual countries.

Keywords: mid-field afforestation, ecological corridors, environmental impact, rural areas, recreation and tourism values, woodlots

pages: 163-168, Published: 2023, online: 2023



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