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In Poland there exist legal regulations concerning the protection of agricultural and forest land. The paper aims to investigate the changes in the area of agricultural and forest land in Poland since the accession to the European Union in the year 2004. The study was based on statistical data for the years 2004-2017 provided by Statistics Poland. Paper presents: (i) changes in the land area by land type, (ii) changes in the fallow land area, (iii) changes of agricultural land area resulting from land designation ...

Due to the occurrence of unfavorable phenomena of droughts and water scarcity in Poland, actions aimed to preserve and improve the state of water resources, such as the realization of small water retention, are considered valued. Small water retention contributes to the mitigation of the effects of water resources defficiency and fulfills a variety of functions influencing natural environment, farming and forestry. The paper aims to determine the level of implementation of small water retention programmes in Polan...