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Legally protected natural areas in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in the years 1999–2022

Elżbieta Jaglak, Grzegorz Derbin, Marcin Rojek

DOI: 10.21858/msr.45.03

Vol. no: 45

The article discusses the changes in the scope of natural legally protected areas, that occured after the administrative reform in 1999. It indicates the tasks carried out by the Self-Government of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in the field of regional policy and spatial management in accordance with the principle of sustainable development. The Mazowieckie Voivodeship – created under the territorial division reform – covered a system of protected areas that included the Kampinos National Park, 164 nature reserves, 9 landscape parks and 29 protected landscape areas. In nearly 25 years, 26 nature reserves and one protected landscape area were created. The boundaries of the existing forms of nature protection have also been modified. With Poland’s accession to the European Union, the most significant changes concerning legally protected areas have taken place. The implementation of EU law into Polish law resulted, inter alia, in the introduction of a new form of nature protection – Natura 2000 sites, complementing the existing system of legally protected areas. By March 2023, 80 areas of the Natura 2000 network had been designated and approved in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. The article discusses how the position and competences of the regional self-government in the field of nature protection have evolved as a result of changes in the law. The voivodeship self-government took over competences in the field of landscape parks and protected landscape areas. As a result of the acquired rights, the Mazovian Voivodeship Sejmik, inter alia, established the Mazovian Landscape Parks complex and protection plans for landscape parks. The boundaries of the protected landscape areas have been specified. Spatial databases are also maintained in the field of protected areas.

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Analysis of the structure of scheduled airlines capacity in Central European countries. Part two

Marek Serafin

DOI: 10.21858/msr.45.02

Vol. no: 45

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The post-pandemic period is particularly important for the European aviation market. We can observe new trends of changes that will shape it for many years to come. We can already clearly see that the Central European region has its own specificity, distinguishing it from Western Europe. In the case of our country, analysing the situation and forecasting the future is particularly important, as decisions are currently being taken regarding huge infrastructure investments. The structure of the number of seats offered by scheduled airlines and the changes in it are very good indicators of the strategies of air carriers, the most important players in the market game.

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Socio-economic development and global rationality – towards the economy of moderation

Piotr Banaszyk, Barbara Borusiak, Bogusław Fiedor, Marian Gorynia, Małgorzata Słodowa-Hełpa

DOI: 10.21858/msr.45.01

Vol. no: 45

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The article sets three groups of objectives. The first article concerns the preparation of a diagnosis regarding the impact of economic growth and socio-economic development processes on the natural environment. The second includes an outline of the normative approach to the idea of global rationality, the economy of moderation and the common good. The third group of objectives focuses on defining recommendations for economic policy in light of the diagnosis and the proposed normative approach. The main method used in the study is the critical analysis of the literature on the subject.

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Issue 44 is online

Issue 44 of “Mazovia Regional Studies” is already available. In the issue, among others:

Analysis of the structure of scheduled airlines capacity in Central European countries. Part one, Directions of extension of the sea port in Elbląg, Energy generation – hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen from biomass and waste, Revitalisation in the development policy of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship against the background of national and EU conditions – experience and perspectives, Conference on wetland protection in Poland on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day (February 4–7, 2023, Warsaw), COVID-19 – time for conclusions. Existing buildings and the ability to isolate people.

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COVID-19 – time for conclusions. Existing buildings and the ability to isolate people

Anna Wieczorek

DOI: 10.21858/msr.44.06

Vol. no: 44

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The aim of the article is to draw the attention of policy makers that the existing buildings in Poland are not suitable for the isolation of people as recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This applies not only to the buildings in which one lives or works, but also to healthcare facilities.

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Conference on wetland protection in Poland on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day (February 4–7, 2023, Warsaw)

Adam Kapler

DOI: 10.21858/msr.44.05

Vol. no: 44

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The wetlands had been drained for millennia. However, for over a century, many of them have been protected as nature reserves, national parks and/or Natura 2000 sites. Although most of Poland’s marshes have been degraded, it’s worth thinking about their restoration. This is an extremely difficult problem to solve, especially in the era of war in Ukraine, growing social polarization around the NRL, humanitarian crisis on the Poland-Belarus border as well as ecological disaster in the Oder river. That is why the World Wetlands Day 2023, celebrated annually on the initiative of the Wetlands Conservation Centre, on the anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention, had a particularly extensive programme this year. In addition to annual debates, open lectures, poster presentations and field trips, in February 2023 a strictly scientific several-day conference on wetland conservation, two field trips and a number of workshops for practitioners were organized.

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Revitalisation in the development policy of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship against the background of national and EU conditions – experience and perspectives

Agata Kucharska, Dariusz Piwowarczyk

DOI: 10.21858/msr.44.04

Vol. no: 44

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The article analyses the voivodeship’s development policy on revitalisation, as defined in strategic and planning documents at the regional level for almost 25 years, in the context of changing national and EU cohesion policy environment. In addition, the role of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship Self-Government in the implementation of EU funds for revitalisation measures under the Integrated Operational Programme For Regional Development 2004–2006 and the two editions of the Regional Operational Programme for the Mazowieckie Voivodeship: 2007–2013 and 2014–2020 was examined. A summary of the European Regional Development Fund resources spent on revitalisation projects under the above programmes is also presented. In addition, complementary and supplementary measures to revitalisation in rural areas in the field of village renewal, implemented by the voivodeship government under national programmes, were analysed: The Sectoral Operational Programme Restructuring and Modernization of the Food Sector and Rural Development 2004–2006 and two editions of the Rural Development Programme: 2007–2013 and 2014–2020.

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Energy generation – hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen from biomass and waste

Maciej Siekierski, Piotr Ryś, Anna Wieczorek

DOI: 10.21858/msr.44.03

Vol. no: 44

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For years, European Union policy has been geared towards promoting energy sources that do not degrade the environment. Hydrogen could be such an energy source. The aim of this article is to familiarize readers with the methods of generating hydrogen from biomass and certain waste, and to determine its colour. In the European Union, different ‘colours’ are assigned to this element – green, pink, yellow, blue, turquoise, white, grey, brown and black. The colour depends on the source and method of extraction. Hydrogen, as an environmentally friendly energy source, should have green, pink or blue colour.

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Directions of extension of the sea port in Elbląg

Tadeusz Wójcicki

DOI: 10.21858/msr.44.02

Vol. no: 44

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On September 17th, 2022, the shipping channel through the Vistula Spit was put into operation, which opens up new prospects for the seaport in Elbląg. In this context, it is worth considering what further investments would be needed to achieve further positive effects for the port in the form of a long-term increase in cargo turnover and passenger traffic.

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