From the 30th to 31st of May, Minister Henryk Kowalczyk and Vice-Minister Małgorzata Golińska visited Belarus with the aim of extending and developing Polish-Belarusian bilateral relations in three key areas: protection of the Białowieża Forest, the procedure of environmental impact assessment and common water resources.

On the 22nd of May, Belweder hosted a meeting summing up a series of conferences on the “Prospects for the Rural Population.”

Vice-Minister Sławomir Mazurek took part in the 12th international scientific conference in the “Humanistic Ecology” series, entitled “The Church towards Ecological Crisis. On the 30th Anniversary of Polish Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Environmental Protection” which was held at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.

The Vice-Minister of Environment Sławomir Mazurek took part in the 10th Petersberg Climate Dialogue. This year, the event was hosted by the government of Germany and the government of the Republic of Chile, which will assume the Presidency of COP25.

“Climate and the economy after COP24. Where to now?” was the topic of the discussion panel at the 11th European Economic Congress in Katowice. The debate, which took place on 13 May 2019 at the European Congress Centre, was attended by the Minister of Environment, Henryk Kowalczyk.

The Minister of Environment Henryk Kowalczyk and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski presented priority programmes concerning the removal of harmful materials and soil protection, which will be financed from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda together with the First Lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda inaugurated the #sadziMy campaign, carried out in cooperation with the State Forests. The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Environment Henryk Kowalczyk and Vice–Minister Małgorzata Golińska.

On the 24th of April, the Ministry of Environment hosted an expert meeting of the Coordination Mechanism for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEEC) – 16+1 Forestry. The meeting was attended by representatives of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia and Slovenia.

The growing threat to the life and health of residents and tourists, enormous fire risk and the need for active protection of valuable habitats and species force foresters from the forest districts surrounding the Białowieża Primeval Forest to take the necessary measures. That is why the Minister of Environment Henryk Kowalczyk presented a package of comprehensive proposals of legal solutions for three forest districts – Białowieża, Browsk and Hajnówka – during today's conference. The conference was also attended by Vice-Minister Małgorzata Golińska.