Map of selected large-scale landscape parks in Poland marked in yellow (green, are the national parks).
There are 23 national parks in Poland. These were formerly run by the Polish Board of National Parks, but in 2004 responsibility for them was transferred to what is now the Ministry of Climate and the Environment. Most national parks are divided into strictly and partially protected zones. They currently encompass around 186000 hectares of forest, or around 2% of all the country's woodlands.
Biebrza National Park is a national park in Podlaskie Voivodeship, northeastern Poland, situated along the Biebrza River.
Krasnobród Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1988 below the town of Krasnobród and covering an area of 93.90 square kilometres (36.25 sq mi). It is one of four landscape parks in the Roztocze region.
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscapes are preserved in their present ecological state and promoted for ecotourism purposes.
A landscape park is a type of protected area in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Slovenia. It is of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use.
Protected areas of Poland include the following categories, as defined by the Act on Protection of Nature of 16 April 2004, by the Polish Parliament:
Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1991, covering an area of 239.8 square kilometres (92.6 sq mi).
Brodnica Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of 136.74 square kilometres (52.80 sq mi).
Drawsko Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1979, covering an area of 414.3 square kilometres (160.0 sq mi).
Krzesin Landscape Park is a protected area located in western Poland which was established in 1998 and covers an area of 85.46 square kilometres (33.00 sq mi).
Janów Forests Landscape Park,, is a Polish Landscape Park designated protected area in southeastern Poland.
Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley is a protected area in north-eastern Poland, on the banks of the Narew river, close to the town of Łomża, to the south-east.
Masovian Landscape Park is a protected area in east-central Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of 143.7 square kilometres (55.5 sq mi).
Bug Landscape Park is a protected area in east-central Poland, and one of over a hundred Polish Landscape Parks. The park lies within Masovian Voivodeship, on the Bug River. It includes part of three Polish historical regions: Kurpie, Masovia and Podlasie.
Sobibór Landscape Park is a protected area created in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland in 1983. It takes its name from the village of Sobibór.
Szczecin Landscape Park "Beech Woods" is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1981 and covering an area of 91 square kilometres (35 sq mi). Its full name refers to the dense forest known as Puszcza Bukowa, which covers most of the area of the Park.
Elbląg Upland Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of 134.6 square kilometres (52.0 sq mi).
Nature reserves in Poland cover a total area of 1,644,634 hectares, representing 0.53% of the territory of Poland. As of 2011, Poland has 1469 nature reserves.
Registry of Cultural Property in Poland is a heritage register for Polish cultural property. It is maintained by the 16 voivodeship offices for cultural property protection headed by a voivodeship cultural property conservator acting on behalf of the voivode as the first-tier registration organ. In addition, selected units of territorial self-government: gminas, cities with county rights and counties have used an option to appoint a communal, municipal, city or county cultural property conservator, with some tasks of the voivodeship conservator usually delegated to such an office under an agreement with the respective voivode. The cultural property data is processed at the national level by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage, the latter also operating the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage on behalf of the minister responsible for national cultural heritage, while all the abovementioned institutions are overseen by the General Cultural Property Conservator, an office fulfilling the tasks of the second-tier registration organ, held by a secretary or an undersecretary of state at the ministry responsible for national cultural heritage and acting on behalf of the minister.