THE USE OF EXTENSIVE SHEEP GRAZING AS A METHOD OF ACTIVE PROTECTION WITHIN NATURA 2000 SELECTED HABITATS 1

*Department of Small Ruminant Breeding and Agricultural Advisory **Department of Soil Science and Environment ***Department of Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation ****Department of Grassland and Landscape Shaping *****Department of Botany ******Departament of Zoology, Animals Ecology and Wildlife Management *******Institute of Animal Nutrition and Bromatology University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka str. 3, 20-950 Lublin *tomasz.gruszecki@up.lublin.pl, **elzbieta.bielinska@up.lublin.pl, ***tadeusz.chmielewski@up.lublin.pl