THE IMPACT OF NATURA 2000 PROTECTED AREAS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE GREEN LUNGS OF POLAND (NORTH-EASTERN POLAND).

The paper presents possibilities of investments’ realization in Nature 2000 areas in Poland and majors of Nature 2000 communes opinions about role of the network in socio-economic development of managed areas by them. It was focused on the presentation of legal possibilities of investment, by conducting analysis of conditions which potential investor is obeyed to fulfil in order to invest in those protected areas. Basing on typified to research communes with network Nature 2000, laid on area of Green Lungs of Poland, there were presented majors’ opinions about restrictions and potential profits resulting from fact of Nature 2000 area possessing. It was underlined that most of inquired majors had declared that Nature 2000 areas in analysed communes had had limitations for inflow of investments and almost all of them had posited necessity of allocation of additional financial means by state budget in order to compensate for the effects resulting from Nature 2000 functioning in their areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]