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Economic context of the operation of the Bialowieski National Park and the adjacent communes
Creator: Publisher:Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Type of object: Subject and Keywords:protected areas ; national park ; the park’s economic functions ; economic relations with the environment ; tourist function
Abstract:The paper describes economic relations between the Białowieski National Park and local communities, including economic entities and self-governments of the adjacent communes. It presents economic functions that the Park fulfils in its environment, namely those of an employer, a contracting party, an investor/buyer of services and an owner of real estate. The paper also analyses the Park’s economic relations with local economic entities from the tourist, timber and agricultural sectors, and with communes of the Hajnowski district (poviat). Much attention is given in the paper to the question of organisation of access of tourists to the Park’s facilities as one of its statutory tasks and, at the same time, the main source of income of the Park’s Auxiliary Estate. This, practically, is the only type of economic activity carried out within the boundaries of the Białowieski National Park. The article constitutes an important statement in the discussion on the enlargement of the Park and on the economic and social determinants of this process.
Relation: Issue: Start page: End page: Resource type: Resource Identifier:0137-1673 (print); 2657-5213 (on-line)
Source: Language: Language of abstract: Rights:Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Institute of Rural and Agriculture Development of the PAS
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