Summary:

To ensure that the agri-environmental programmes work efficiently in Koszalin county, a high level of involvement and effort from administrators, scientists, environmental organisations, agricultural advisory centres and, most importantly, beneficiaries/farmers is required. There is no doubt that the National Agri- Environmental Programme constitutes an essential change in the system of environmental protection in our country, because it assumes that the farmer can successfully actively protect the environment on his own land. From hereon environmental protection is no longer the exclusive domain of office workers and foresters. It is important that active environmental protection exceeds the borders of protected areas – national parks and reserves. Managers of these areas as well farmers will need money to carry out active environmental protection. Such means are provided by the National Agri-Environmental Programme.