The Possibilities of Open-Cast Mining in Landscape Parks in Poland—A Case Study

Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska and Agnieszka Pawłowska
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Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska: Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute Polish Academy of Science, Provision of Mineral Policy, Wybickiego 7A, 31-261 Kraków, Poland
Agnieszka Pawłowska: “Czatkowice” Limestone Mine, Czatkowice Dolne 78, 32-065 Krzeszowice, Poland

Resources, 2020, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-27

Abstract: Landscape parks are one of the most important tools for nature conservation in Europe. Cultural landscape protection, coupled in particular with rural tradition of land use plays a very important role. A common feature of these popular protected areas is the fact that they are established legally, in accordance with the principle of sustainable development. Activities carried out in the landscape parks are not entirely subservient to nature conservation. This makes them different from national parks and natural reserves. In Poland, landscape parks together with their buffer zones cover more than 13% of the country’s territory, which frequently causes conflicts among mining entrepreneurs and limits their activities. Mining in landscape parks in Poland is not forbidden by domestic law; however, detailed guidelines in this respect are determined by the assembly of a given province. Additionally, the process of applying for an extraction licence could be burdened with the threat of social protests, which may result in extending it by many years, and because of which a project may fail to be completed. Optimal solutions to these obstacles are already proposed by “Czatkowice” Limestone Mine (Małopolska Province). This case study presents an efficient practice of a smooth and effective decision-making process of obtaining a new mining licence in a landscape park. It also outlines certain aspects of the social licence to operate (SLO) as well as some appropriate methods of acting in complicated environments and spatial conditions.

Keywords: mining; nature conservation; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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