Safeting and Promoting Interests
in the Agro-Food Industry –
Experience and Perspectives in
Europe
Autopresentation
Poland
Location of
Poland in
Europe
Symbols of Poland
Polish Emblem
Flag
Anthem: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
Administrative
partitition of Poland
General
information
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Capital city - Warsaw
Area – 312,679 km2
16 Regions
Population (2009) – 38 mln
Density 122/ km2
Government – Parlamentary Republik
GDP (nominal) per capita – 13,800 $
Currency - Zloty
The Warsaw Mermaid
Some information about environment
• Main Rivers: the Vistula Pl: Wisła and the Oder Pl: Odra
• Land use
FORESTS COVER 28% of Poland’s land area.
More than half of the land is devoted to AGRICULTURE.
While the total area under cultivation is declining, the
remaining farmland is more intensively cultivated.
• Protected area
More than 1% of Poland’s territory is protected within 23
NATIONAL PARKS.
There are also over 120 areas designated as LANDSCAPE
PARKS, and numerous NATURE RESERVES and other
PROTECTED AREAS.
• Poland - making a difference.avi
Wrocław –
meeting place
Wrocław – city of bridges
Interesting architecture
Wrocław University
of Environmental and Life Sciences
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