POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, cilt.23, sa.5, ss.1555-1563, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
For more than a century, several countries all over the world have taken certain areas under protection in order to protect their natural beauty and biological diversity. Today, protected areas, as well as their function of protecting nature, are considered as areas contributing to human welfare, reduction of poverty, and sustainable development.