Execution of active protection treatments in non-forest wetland ecosystems in the Biebrza National Park under the Re:Generation Program

… UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Center and the Biebrza National Park for the purpose of implementing the project entitled ‘Space for nature – protection of forest and non-forest wetland ecosystems in the Upper Biebrza area, in the Biebrza National Park and its surroundings’ under the Re:Generation Programme. 4. The Ordering Party reserves the right to the option of ordering the Contractor to export the collected biomass (in whole or in part). The right of option does not apply to works carried out in area 2 of sub-areas S2_1 and S2_2, where all works are covered by the basic contract. 5. An order within the scope of the option right is a unilateral right of the Ordering Party. Failure to activate the option right shall not give rise to any compensation or financial claims on the part of the Contractor. 6. The Ordering Party shall provide the Contractor with a declaration of exercise of the option by 15 February 2027. 7. The active protection treatments that are the subject of the contract include: under the basic (guaranteed) contract: manual work: the mowing of herbaceous vegetation with coppice, the mowing of coppice, the reduction of trees and shrubs, the trimming of willow shrubs to shape the ecotones and the manual harvesting of biomass, as well as the manual felling of shrubs and tree growth along the trench and the use of the harvested biomass to land it and, if necessary, the removal of biomass residues. manual or mechanical loading using hds and export of biomass (in whole or in part). The right of option referred to in point (b) shall not extend to work carried out on sub-surfaces S2_1 and S2_2. All work, including loading and exporting of harvested biomass, carried out in these areas is covered by the basic (guaranteed) contract. All types of work and conditions of implementation are described in detail in para. 4 of Annex 1 to the ToR. 8. The performance of the protective measures specified in the description of the subject-matter of the contract is primarily intended to protect nature within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act of 16 April 2004 (Journal of Laws 2026, item 13). 9. The surface area of the treatments may be corrected during the implementation of the task, with an accuracy of 1 are, but the correction will not be more than 5% of the maximum area of the order. 10. The aim of the planned conservation measures is to maintain and protect valuable peatland communities and related communities, including Natura 2000 habitats 7230 alkaline peatlands, as well as associated species of mosses, vascular plants, animals, in particular birds of non-forest ecosystems. 11. The specific objective of the treatments is: 1) maintaining peatland habitats in a non-forest character by stopping the succession of woody and shrub species, 2) shaping ecotones at the edge of open habitats, 3) maintaining the semi-open character and mosaic structure of the habitat, 4) increasing water retention and improving habitat moisture in fragments directly at and above the place of flooding of the ditch, by initiating the processes of its silting and overgrowth. 12. A detailed description of the subject-matter of the contract is contained in Annex 1 to the ToR. · 1. Items