Knowledge and education
Due to the high degree of naturalness of some tree stands, their complicated age structure and species composition, the Bialowieza Forest is considered to be an important reference point for forests throughout Europe. It is not surprising therefore that the Bialowieza Forest is described as “one of the most intensively explored areas on Earth”419. Research in the forest began at the end of the 18th century and in the 1930s regular monitoring sites were developed, which are still the focus of research today. Dozens of research programmes are carried out in the national park every year, and if you take a walk through the centre of the forest many trees are marked as having a role in this intensive research programme.