The conference is being held as part of the project “Protecting the habitats of priority bird species of the Vistula Valley under conditions of intensive pressure of the Warsaw agglomeration” (WislaWarszawska.pl), which has received grants from the European Union’s Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) and from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

Organizer: City of Warsaw

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
16th March

Warsaw, Zarząd Główny Stowarzyszenia Architektów Polskich (Main Board of the Association of Polish Architects)

09:00 – 9:30 Registration
09:30 – 9:40 Welcome
09:40 – 10:00 Life Programme 2014-2020 – general information and the role of NFOŚiGW
N. Czarnecki, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
10:00 – 10:15 Forms of nature conservation in the capital city of Warsaw
A. Dmoch, A. Kucharska, Regional Directorate of Environmental Protection in Warsaw
10:15 – 10:40 Protecting the habitats of priority bird species of the Vistula Valley under conditions of intensive pressure of the Warsaw agglomeration
Ł. Poławski, I. Zwolińska, Warsaw Green Space Authority
10:40 – 11:00 Does it make sense to restore seminatural meadows in Warsaw? Experience of meadow restoration project within Warsaw section of the Natura 2000 area “Middle Vistula Valley”.
W. Kotowski, University of Warsaw
11:00 – 11:20 Actions of the project LIFE13 NAT/PL/000009 LIFEDrawaPL as an example of improving the ecological status of a river in urbanized space
A. Furdyna, Regional Directorate of Environmental Protection in Szczecin

11:25 – 11:45 coffee break
11:45 – 12:00 Adaptation to climate change with reference to biodiversity
W.Szymański, Instytut Ekorozwoju Foundtaion
12:00 – 12:15 Urban wetlands in Beijing, China
Guixiang Li, University of Warsaw
12:15 – 12:35 Methods used to protect nesting birds during modernization of the Gdańsk harbor
S.Bzoma, Waterfowl Research Group KULING
12:35 – 12:50 Wrocław’s Irrigation Fields – endangered bird sanctuary of international importance
B. Smyk, Silesian Ornithological Society
12:50 – 13:15 Wildlife in urban parks – why to promote it?
M. Luniak
13:15 – 13:40 How to promote wildlife in urban parks – a message of the naturalist
M. Luniak

13:40 – 14:30 lunch

14:30 – 14:45 Social acting for city’s wildlife – project “Nature of Pole Mokotowskie Park”
P. Pstrokoński, University of Warsaw Botanic Garden
14:45 – 15:00 House gardens as source of invasion of alien plant species in Kampinos National Park and its surroundings
A. Bomanowska, I.Kirpluk, A.Otręba University of Lodz, University of Warsaw Botanic Garden, Kampinos National Park
15:00 – 15:15 Ornithological research conducted under the project “Social education in relation to urbanization and ecological conflict in the Wilanów Palace Museum”.
J. Dobrzańska, Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
15:15 – 15:30 Common problems of birds inhabiting cities
dr A.Czujkowska, Warsaw Zoological Garden
15:30 – 15:45 The use of Swift Towers – artificial nest site for Swift Apus apus in Torun
D. Węcławek, ALAUDA Nature Society

15:45 – 16:00 coffee break

16:00 – 16:15 Urban population of beavers Castor fiber in Warsaw
J. Romanowski, M. Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
16:15 – 16:30 Syrian woodpecker – species of special concern in the city: habitat requirements, threats and conservation needs
T. Figarski, Ł. Kajtoch, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences
16:30 – 16:45 Invasive giant hogweeds (Heracleum Sosnowskyi and Heracleum mantegazzianum) in cities – monitoring and eradication
I. Sachajdakiewicz, Barszcz.edu.pl
16:45 – 17:00 Warsaw Piaseczynski Canal – important waterfowl site in the centre of Wasaw.
H. Żelichowska
17:00 – 17:15 Kids in nature!”. About the potential of urban wastelands and taming our fears related to wild urban nature on the example of REFA’s ecological education project
K. Jakubowski, Saint Francis of Assisi Ecological initiative
17:00 – Discussion

17th March

Field trip
Guides:
Iwona Zwolińska, Łukasz Poławski, Warsaw Green Space Authority – wislawarszawska.pl

Łukasz Kozub, University of Warsaw – lakawarszawska.pl

9:00 gathering at Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 2 (Gromada Warszawa Centrum Hotel)
9:15 – 13:30 Field trip
• educational pedestrian path – Żoliborz;
• floating islands – Żerań;
• educational centre, stable island, flood meadow – Golędzinów;
• car parks, educational trail, flood meadow, trees and bushes removal from natural sand bars and sand banks – Zawady;
• Wyspy Zawadowskie Nature Reserve – Warszawa/Józefów;

13:30 – 14:30 lunch
14:30 Farewell