Ecological farming in protected areas as a factor in local development

Abstract

This article attempts to approximate the issue of the socio-economic development of the municipalities located in protected areas. In order to reconcile the requirements of environmental protection and to provide facilities for exploitation of its resources necessary to apply the principles of sustainable development and financial support of farms and enabled them to be maintained society for the development of systems of protected areas. In the protected areas examined municipalities of Northeast Poland,particularly desirable because of the adjustment to the requirements of environmental protection,is organic farming. It allows for more complete use of the existing productive potential and is apractical extension of the principles of sustainable development. Research has shown, the development of organic farming in the region is determined to a greater extent by economic and organizational factors thannatural conditions. Organic farms although created in communities where there are relatively large natural resources of the natural environment, as demonstrated by this study, the development of organic farming in the region is determined to a greater extent by economic and organizational factors than natural conditions. Changesin the Community agricultural policy followed towards the promotion and financial support farms and maintained in good ecological condition. When the impact of agriculture on the environment is negative oftenmay be takenadaptation actions, to minimize this impact without reducing production.