Koncepcja świadczeń ekosystemów a wdrażanie zrównoważonego rozwoju

Abstract

The analysis aimed at presenting the possibilities of using the valuation of natural processes for programming development sustaining in a local and regional scale. In the light of the literature devoted to this issue, there has been presented an outline of the concept of ecosystem services and its potential importance for taking into consideration the idea of sustainabledevelopment in the decision-making process. Theoretical deliberations have been presented by showing what is the impact of ordering the sewage economy on the amount of ecosystem services in the rural areas of Wielkopolska region. It haseen shown that systematization of ecosystem services and development of methods serving their quantification may constitute an important factor that makes decisions serving sustainable development more objective.