The Bielsko-Biała University of Technology and Humanities (ATH) will collaborate with the Municipal Botanical Garden in Zabrze. The subject of joint activities is to be not only scientific research, but also the implementation and popularisation of nature education.

An experiment will be set up on the garden’s grounds to identify and indicate the natural potential of natural and urban-industrial habitats with the aim of enhancing biodiversity, water retention and ultimately designing measures to reduce soil erosion. 

Seeds of various vascular plant species will be sown on garden soil and soil from waste rock heaps, which will be enriched in different ways with sheep’s wool. Researchers from the ATH and the University of Silesia will examine the ecophysiological parameters of the plants, the physicochemical parameters of the habitat and the abiotic parameters, such as water retention capacity and organic matter content of the soil.

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