Unless the challenges highlighted through the findings of this study are addressed and the opportunities capitalized, private land in biodiversity conservation will remain controversial and conflict ridden. The results from this study not only help understand the different attitudes that exist among stakeholders, but it also gives rise to more research questions such as the possible relationship between SN-38 the expressed attitude

of landowners and their socio-demographic characteristics. Such information is also crucial to designing policies as well as to mitigate conflict that revolves around biodiversity conservation on private land in Poland. Acknowledgments The study described here was done as a part of the following Jagiellonian University Grants: Information, education and communication for the natural environment (WRBW/DS/INoS/760), and Investigating challenges

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