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...a on the shores of Lake Peipsi and covers a total of 1550 ha. The polder was actively farmed by agricultural cooperatives during the Soviet era but only 30% of its land continued to be farmed after Estonian independence in early 1990s. The other 70% was largely abandoned and gradually became overgrown with shrub as it dried out. Despite the lack of management, the polder remained an important ...