Drzewa – pomniki przyrody i pamiątki kultury

The elaboration presents basic rules of protecting trees as monuments of nature, especially referring to those trees which are both precious mementos of culture and play a vital role in developing and popularizing the cultural-natural tourism. The text presents the history outline of this kind of protection development and the threats for the trees-monuments of nature – especially in cities – as well as the methods of their protection and care. The final conclusion of the article’s author refers to the issue of the enormous meaning of ecological education (also in tourism), the aims of the monuments of nature protection and the responsibilities of all the institutions obliged to carrying out the protective activities – both the national and local government institutions as well as local communities. They have to be prepared for the consequences resulting from introducing stable and sustainable development.