Poland Internet Links

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
http://www.rec.hu/e_index.html
Its mission is to assist in solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) through encouraging cooperation among non-governmental organizations, governments and businesses, and supporting the free exchange of information and promoting public participation in environmental decision-making.

Poland State of the Environment Reports
http://www.mos.gov.pl/soe/
This internet version of The State of Environment in Poland is based on the original report published by the State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection and the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre, which was financed by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
http://www.gios.gov.pl/

Environmental Information Center UNEP/GRID-Warsaw
http://www.gridw.pl/html/index1.htm
This is one of the 14 centers of the GRID program established by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program). The aim of the Global Resource Information Database is to help bridge the gap between the scientific study of processes occurring on the Earth and effective environmental management at national, regional and global levels. GRID-Warsaw is responsible for collecting, processing and providing information on environment in Poland and neighboring regions, cooperating closely with both global and European environmental institutions.

Ministry for Environmental Protection
http://www.mos.gov.pl/index_main.shtml
Ministry of the Environment was established on the basis of an appropriate legal Act on the 26th of October 1999.

The Board of National Parks
http://www.mos.gov.pl/kzpn/ind_gb.htm

The Institute for Environmental Protection
http://ciuw.warman.net.pl/indexeng.htm
The project “Information server of the Metropolitan Area Network WARMAN” has been conducted at the Warsaw University Computer Centre since 1996 by the team of the Telematics Applications Division and the Computer Networks Division. Information resources, i.e. databases, clearing houses and WWW-services, are prepared in collaboration with about 50 scientific institutions and organizations. Some of these resources are held as our national contribution in large international enterprises.

The State Geological Institute
http://www.pgi.waw.pl/english/start.html
The Polish Geological Institute was founded by the Polish Parliament in 1919. Since then the Institute has performed its duties as the national geological service. The prime mission of the Institute is to conduct geological research of the country aimed at national economical development and environmental protection.

The Forest Research Institute
http://www.ibles.waw.pl/index_a.html

The Institute for Meteorology and Water Management
http://www.imgw.pl/wl/internet/index.jsp