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  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-08-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A traditional agricultural hut in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Smoke houses such as these sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-83-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-10-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-13-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-99-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-11-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-04-16-09-2019.jpg
  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-105-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-06-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers rest and make their way down a mountain footpath in  Polana Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-111-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking signposts on the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-49-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Hikers walk on the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-47-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-12-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-05-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An traditional wooden agricultural hut on Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-117-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-45-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-38-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-23-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-14-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-09-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-02-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Two Polish walkers take the path straight ahead in the Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-132-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Hikers rest on the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-46-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-44-16-09-2019.jpg
  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-42-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-43-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-40-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-37-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest on seats and benches on the footpath leading towards the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-30-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A distant landscape of mountain ridges and peaks in the Tatra National Park that also borders Poland with Slovakia, seen from the village of Koscielisko, on 18th September 2019, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-22-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-07-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A display of Polish hiking train maps for the Tatra National Park and the Zakopane region of southern Poland and bordering northern Slovakia, at a trail head, on 18th September 2019, in near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-137-18-09-2019.jpg
  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-106-17-09-2019.jpg
  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-104-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-103-17-09-2019.jpg
  • With the mountains of the Tatra National Park and the Slovakian border in the distance, Polish walkers rest on spruce log benches, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Malejlaki, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-131-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-122-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of traditional wooden agricultural huts on Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Along the distant hill is a forest of spruce trees which have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-119-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-118-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Two walkers make their way down a mountain footpath in  Polana Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-110-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A traditional agricultural home in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-82-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-41-16-09-2019.jpg
  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-39-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking signposts on the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-36-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest on seats and benches on the footpath leading towards the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-31-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A horse and carriage take tourists along the road on Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-123-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A homemade Polish sign for a Tatra National Park bus service, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-51-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Hikers rest among deceased and dying spruce trees, near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-35-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A walker rests with a background of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-109-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A mother pushes her child's buggy on a footpath in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-48-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-96-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-27-16-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-90-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-28-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-26-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-21-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Pilgrims visit the small chapel of St. Jana Chrzciciela at the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-112-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape that overlooks the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-01-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A Polish hiking route sign on a spruce tree where others have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Mietusia, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-136-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A mountain farmer walks past an agricultural hut on Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-116-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A mountain farmer walks past an agricultural hut on Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-114-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-95-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Grazing sheep eat the lush grasses in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-124-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An interior of the small chapel of St. Jana Chrzciciela at the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-120-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Pilgrims visit the small chapel of St. Jana Chrzciciela at the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-113-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-108-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-87-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady hiker climbs a footpath among diseased and dying spruce trees near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-34-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-25-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-20-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-18-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape that overlooks the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-03-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A diseased forest landscape (and the Slovakian border in the distance) where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Mietusia, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-134-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-101-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-97-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-93-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-19-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-107-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-102-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-100-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-98-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-94-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-91-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-89-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An evening landscape of a local yoga class outside a restaurant and hotel that overlooks the mountains of the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-74-16-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-92-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Two walkers make their way alongside the Siwa Woda river in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-88-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-29-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A diseased forest landscape (and the Slovakian border in the distance) where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Mietusia, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
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  • A mountain farmer walks past an agricultural hut on Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A display of shoes and their shoe boxes beneath a large photo of spruce forests and peaks of the nearby Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Diseased and dying spruce trees near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-33-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a folded parasol standing in woods near the entrance of the Dolina Chocholowska hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Sheep graze on agricultural land above a village that overlooks the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A traditional Polish mountain shepherd's hut selling cheeses to visitors, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Log cabins houses such as these often sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-214-21-09-2019.jpg
  • Diseased and dying spruce trees near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-32-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a folded parasol standing in woods near the entrance of the Dolina Chocholowska hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-80-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A local Polish building project for sale, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-50-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A traditional Polish mountain shepherd's hut selling cheeses to visitors, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Log cabins houses such as these often sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-215-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a folded parasol standing in woods near the entrance of the Dolina Chocholowska hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-79-17-09-2019.jpg
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