ZLV Online

In the Czech Republic, national parks are important institutions that meet the requirement of nature and landscape protection. The aim of these organizations is not to gain profit, but to protect areas that were entrusted to them by the state. It is also necessary to emphasize that national park administrations are types of organizations that promote the use of society-wide functions of forests and landscape and provide the society with various activities, relating both to recreation and adquiring new knowledge. Appreciable amount of money from the national budget is given to operation, administration and preservation of specially protected areas every year. This article aims to verify the application of a microeconomic indicator – the local multiplier 2, 3 (LM2, LM3), or rather calculation of its 2012 score in the Podyjí National Park Administration that was established as a state contributory organization by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic to govern large specially protected areas. This methodical application instrument is derived from the Kahn-Keynes multiplier (a macroeconomic indicator) and can quantify how much the Podyjí National Park Administration, which was founded to protect nature and landscape, contributes to the local economy in the Znojmo District where it operates, and thus, with what intensity and efficiency it participates in its development.