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The Context of Sustainable Development: Funding Society’s Nature and Forest Education through Promotional Forest Complexes in Poland in 2012–2016

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  • Agnieszka Wartecka-Ważyńska

    (Department of Organization and Management in Tourism, Poznań University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Anna Jęczmyk

    (Department of Rural Tourism, Poznań, University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland)

  • Mikołaj Jalinik

    (Faculty of Forestry, Bialystok University of Technology, Piłsudskiego 8, 17-200 Hajnówka, Poland)

  • Jan Sikora

    (Department of International Economics, University of Zielona Góra, Podgórna 50, 65-246 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Stanisław Łuniewski

    (ASTWA sp. z o.o., Kombatantów 4, 15-102 Białystok, Poland
    Honorary Consul Consulate of the Bosnia and Herzegovina in Białystok, Białystok, 15-102 Białystok, Poland)

  • Jarosław Uglis

    (Department of Rural Tourism, Poznań, University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the funding sources and scale of the expenditure for the educational activity provided by Promotional Forest Complexes (PFCs) in the context of sustainable development. Apart from a number of significant economic functions, the State Forests in Poland perform important social functions, including the function of nature and forest education. Economic functions bring profit, while social functions are not subject to such commercialization. The execution of the social functions of Poland’s forests is dealt with by special organizational units, called Promotional Forest Complexes (PFCs). PFCs have suitable educational facilities at their disposal, enabling them to perform their tasks (e.g., education sites, nature exhibition rooms, forest teaching shelters, educational trails). Running these facilities involves certain transaction costs, which are covered from the PFCs’ own resources. The educational activity is partly financed from external sources. This analysis indicates that we could observe a decrease in internal and external resources dedicated to the nature and forest education of the society. The authors carried out the secondary materials analysis concerning the object of study, as well as the analysis of scientific literature and statistical analysis.

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  • Agnieszka Wartecka-Ważyńska & Anna Jęczmyk & Mikołaj Jalinik & Jan Sikora & Stanisław Łuniewski & Jarosław Uglis, 2019. "The Context of Sustainable Development: Funding Society’s Nature and Forest Education through Promotional Forest Complexes in Poland in 2012–2016," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-13, July.
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