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Abstract
The area covered by protected areas in Poland amounts to 33.1%, The region with the highest percentage
of areas covered by them is in the świętokrzyskie province – 62%. There are 72 municipalities in the
świętokrzyskie province among which in 49 protected areas cover more than the half of the Swietokrzyskie
area. These areas are usually landscape parks and protected landscape areas. The basic of development
of protected areas should be based on the production of high quality food and food processing. This paper
presents features and social attitudes of inhabitants of protected areas of Swietokrzyskie province. The work
continue discusses theoretical issues of instruments and institutions with reference to polish protected areas.
Following the topic, the features and social attitudes in protected areas has been analyzed. The last chapter
presents the issues features and social attitudes on the local development in opinions of inhabitants of the
selected municipality in the Swietokrzyskie province. The work ends with a brief conclusion.