Poland has over 152,000 hectares of stunning wetlands. A. Różycki/ poleskipn.pl
Today is World Wetlands Day which is celebrated on February 2nd each year to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on February 2nd, 1971. The Ramsar Convention protects wetland areas around the world and in Poland there are 19 such areas which are under protection, with a surface area of 152,964 hectares.
Morskie Oko in the Tatra mountains is one of the bodies of water protected as part of the Tatra National Park. The highest site of protected wetlands in Poland the site includes Dudowe Stawki and Siwe Stawki as well as Wielki Staw and Czarny Staw pod Rysami.Grzegorz Momot/PAP