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of the important features of modern society is focus on sustainable development. As described by the commission of Gro Harlem Brundtland, sustain-able development can be seen as meeting our needs without threatening the needs of future generations. Sustainable development is based on three pillars: sustainable economic growth, social growth and environment protection. Focus on sustainable de-velopment is, however, different for municipalities and the so-called “open space ” areas, which can be rural areas. In many countries, rural areas are less developed areas which have many specific problems. This is also the case in the Czech Republic, where rural areas have been out of the general public interest for many years. This resulted in an undesired situation of Czech farmers (in particular the small ones), high unemploy-ment rate, shortage of finance and legislative support, which would promote business investments and new job creatio