Nature protection consists of preservation, sustainable use, and restoration of resources, formations and elements of nature.

Resources, formations and elements of nature include:

• wild plants, animals, and fungi;species of plants, animals, and fungi under species protection
• migratory animals;
• nature habitats;
• habitats of endangered, rare and protected species of plants, animals and fungi;
• features of animate and inanimate nature as well as remnants of fossil plants and animals;
• landscape;
• rural and urban green lands;
• trees and shrubs outside the forest.

• Act of 16 April 2004 on Nature Protection
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 1336, z późn. zm.)

• Protected landscape area
• Natura 2000
• Plant, animal and fungi species protection
• Landscape park
• National park
• Nature monument
• Nature reserve
• Documentation site
• Ecological area
• Natural and scenic complex