Wetlands as one of the most valuable ecosystems are subjects of legal protection. Except ecological value they play important role in water management. Wetlands slow down the outflow of water from river basins and protect the water quality in the agricultural area. Therefore many artificial wetlands are constructed in some countries. The most valuable natural wetlands are protected as National Parks -the highest form of protection. Maintaining high degree of moisture of soil that is a condition that must be fulfilled to preserve the value of these areas can cause conflicts in using the adjacent areas. The paper presents an analysis of conflict situations that occurred in the Biebrza, Narew and Kampinos National Parks. Drainage of the excess water from the built-up area or from the areas used for agricultural purposes interferes with the natural flow regime in the protected areas. The analysis allowed identifying the possible compromise solutions.
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Mioduszewski et al. (2012) studied this question.