Geologia środowiska w PIG

Environmental geology deals with many issues closely relatedto the life of human beings. The most important directions of environmentalgeology developed in Poland include: geochemical mapping, environmental protection and waste management programs, and reclamation projects.Cartographic research was conducted using an appropriate scale of work, which enabled the determination of the geochemical background andanomalies throughout the whole country, in selected urban-industrialregions and in specific locations. Valuable information for the environment was also collected as a digital database in the form of a map at 1:50,000scale. Environmental protection programs are among the tools used to implement environmental protection policy at the level of administration of the commune, poviat and voivodship. When developing a document, the assessment of the state of the components of the environment is of key importance, as it is used to plan environmental strategies. Scientific and environmental data are used for evaluation.They must be analyzed and interpreted by experts. In addition to environmental protection programs, the Polish Geological Institutealso develops other documents on environmental issues. As part of the reclamation, liquidation of place of storage of hazardous plantprotection products was carried out all over the country and soils and landfills were cleaned.