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FRIENDS OF BPN
Interesting websites about nature and trees:
Dr. eng. Czesław Okołów
Born on 21.12.1935 in the Bialowieza Forest. He got his higher
education in 1959 at SGGW in Warsaw. He defended a doctoral
thesis(of Forestry Sciences) in 1967. In 1975 he graduated from
Postgraduate School of Nature Protection at the Forestry Department
AR in Cracow. He studied at International Seminar on National Parks and
Equivalent Reserves, University of Michigan, National Park Service, Parks
Canada. He worked in Bielsk Forestry District. From 1960 he was employed in
the BNP. Through the years he was managing the park's museum, then he became
a director of research-scientific lab, the BNP director deputy and since 1993
the director of the Park. He retired in 2003. In years 1957 - 1985 he was
conducting scientific research, making exhibitions & museum exhibits. He is
the author & co-author of many books & scientific articles(eg. a pocket
guidebook "The Bialowieza National Park"). He carried out trainings of
PTTK guides. He is a member of the Polish Entomological Association and
World Commission on Protected Areas IUCN/ WCU. In 1998 he was awarded
with the Alfred Toepfer Medal(EUROPARC Federation).
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