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We are happy to announce that beginning from 1 January 2011 the Institute changes its organisational form and from “Zaklad” becomes a full “Institute” according to the Polish legislation. As a result, the Institute becomes more independent both...

The Bioconsus project’s website was launched today: www.bioconsus.pl. It includes up-to-date information about the project Research Potential in Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity, including educational materials from PREFECT and open...

  On 7 October 2010, the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża organised a seminar „Preparing conservation plans of Natura 2000 areas and involving local communities into the nature conservation activities”. It was the first...

MRI PAS has signed a contract with the European Commission concerning implementation of a new LIFE+ project “Protection of water-marsh birds in five national parks – reconstructing habitats and reducing the influence of invasive species – Polish Bird...

Between 28-30 September, a course “Scientific writing in English” took place in the Mammal Research Institute. The course had a workshop formula and was led by Dr. Linus Svensson from Sweden, Head of the Oikos Editorial Office and for 20 years a managing...

The Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences and The Association for Nature “Wolf” received an Infra Eco Network Europe (IENE) Award 2010 for special efforts made to reduce the detrimental impact and enhance positive effects on nature caused by...

We are happy to inform that according to the announcement of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education of 30.09.2010, Mammal Research Institute PAS was classified as the third best biological institute in Poland (among 36 assessed). As a result, it was...

  Workshop “Understanding the role of mammalian herbivores in shaping woody plant communities; what can we learn from a cross-continental comparison?” 11 – 15 October 2010, Białowieża, Poland Organized by the Mammal Research Institute PAS (MRI,...

A research project carried out by Marcin Churski from the Mammal Research Institute creates an opportunity to see a hidden life of some of the Białowieża Forest’s most charismatic animals. The goal of the project is to investigate what is the forest utilization...

We are pleased to inform that during the last contest for research grants organised by the Polish Ministry for Science and Higher Education four research projects of MRI PAS researchers were chosen for financing. These are: Genetic analysis of the European bison...