Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences www.up.wroc.pl

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Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life
Scienceswww.up.wroc.pl

• Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life
  Sciences
• POLAND
• Founded 1951
• 5 faculties
• Faculty of Biology and Animal Science
• Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy
• Faculty of Food Science
• Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• the number of students in the academic year
  2009/10 - 10200
• Staff in total 1539, academics 685,
  including 218 professors and PhDs with
  habilitation

CASEE Vienna May 2010
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Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life
Scienceswww.up.wroc.pl

• Research topics - Faculty of Life Sciences and
  Technology
• Biological remediation of landfills around mining
  areas
• Possibilities of bioreactivation of soils
  polluted by copper mines and selection of energy
  plants suitable for fuel biomass production
• The mechanisms of plants tolerance to the
  presence of heavy metals in soils
• Stimulated phytoextraction for remediation of
  soils contaminated with heavy metals
• The effects of global climate changes on Arctica
  ecosystems (Archipelag Svalbard)
• Research topics - Faculty of Environmental
  Engineering and Geodesy
• The role of distinguishing marks of landscape and
  architecture in villages and small towns in their
  image creation
• Extreme weather influences on climate changes in
  Poland and other European countries
• Methods for solving the problems connected with
  adverse effects of hydrotechnical facilities on
  ichtiofauna
• Green roofs management in urban areas with
  respect to natural, space and social aspects
• Indicator-based planning support system for
  sustainable land-use management in suburban areas

CASEE Vienna May 2010
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Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life
Scienceswww.up.wroc.pl

• Suggested topics for intensive programmes
• Biodiversity of flora in the mountains
• Protection of cultural landscapes
• Sustainability and revitalisation of old parks
  and gardens

CASEE Vienna May 2010