Ecological carrying capacity of landscape on the selected territory of theTatra National Park and its protective belt

The term ecological carrying capacity of landscape is understood in this co ntribution as a synthetically comprehended special quality expressing the d egree of tolerable (suitable) land-use. As bearably utilized can be describ ed a territory on which the present utilization disturbs or destroys neithe r natural qualities, processes and relations among landscape elements (biot ic, abiotic, socio-economical), nor the quality of vital environment. We ap plied this concept of ecological carrying capacity of a landscape to the ev aluation of the ecological carrying capacity of the territory of the Tatra National Park and its protective belt. On the basis of a complex evaluation of ecological limits of the territory, we determined the set of variant un limited activities forming the basis for the estimation of the degrees of e cological carrying capacity of the landscape. The three degrees singled out were characterized in more detail, with respect to the future landscape ex ploitation, and completed by measures intended to mitigate some negative pr ocesses in the landscape, to improve the functional land-use and the enviro nment.