<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The author discusses issues of sustainable development in rural areas in Poland from the perspective of natural resources management. Sustainable development of rural areas is the way of managing which links economic, social and ethical principles with ecological safety. This may be reached by proper management, directed on cautious usage of ecosystems’ self-controlling mechanisms, with the progress of science and technology. Agriculture in Poland is one of the most important sectors from an economic perspective and its importance is greater in Poland than in other countries in the EU. It has an influence not only on the social and economic situation of the rural population, but also on the natural environment, structure of landscape and biodiversity. From ecological point of view, functions of rural areas are not only being a place for production of food, resources for industry and green energy, but also supplying environmental goods such as protection of biodiversity and influencing air and water quality as well as landscape. The author presents ways to reduce the pressure of agricultural activities on water resources in the region, catchment and farm scale</p></abstract>

The author discusses issues of sustainable development in rural areas in Poland from the perspective of natural resources management. Sustainable development of rural areas is the way of managing which links economic, social and ethical principles with ecological safety. This may be reached by proper management, directed on cautious usage of ecosystems’ self-controlling mechanisms, with the progress of science and technology. Agriculture in Poland is one of the most important sectors from an economic perspective and its importance is greater in Poland than in other countries in the EU. It has an influence not only on the social and economic situation of the rural population, but also on the natural environment, structure of landscape and biodiversity. From ecological point of view, functions of rural areas are not only being a place for production of food, resources for industry and green energy, but also supplying environmental goods such as protection of biodiversity and influencing air and water quality as well as landscape. The author presents ways to reduce the pressure of agricultural activities on water resources in the region, catchment and farm scale

Sustainable Rural Development Policy in Poland – Environmental Aspects

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (WULS-SGGW), Poland

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica

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The author discusses issues of sustainable development in rural areas in Poland from the perspective of natural resources management. Sustainable development...

Sustainable Rural Development Policy in Poland – Environmental Aspects

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 41 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2014-0008

Keywords
rural water development, soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, Baltic Sea protection, nitrate directive, rural environmental infrastructure

© Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sustainable Rural Development Policy in Poland – Environmental Aspects

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 41 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2014-0008

Keywordsrural water development, soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, Baltic Sea protection, nitrate directive, rural environmental infrastructure

© Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
rural water development, soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, Baltic Sea protection, nitrate directive, rural environmental infrastructure