02313nas a2200289   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260000800044653003300052653003100085653002600116653001200142653002000154653002100174653004400195100002100239700002400260700002600284700002400310245005600334856015100390300001200541490000700553520144300560022002002003       2021                            d  cjul10aIntangible cultural heritage10aTangible cultural heritage10aCultural heritage law10aHunting10aHunting culture10aHunting heritage10aKnowledge about nature and the universe1 aWojciech Dajczak1 aDariusz Gwiazdowicz1 aAleksandra Matulewska1 aWojciech Szafranski00aShould Hunting as a Cultural Heritage Be Protected?  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091092788&doi=10.1007%2fs11196-020-09763-0&partnerID=40&md5=65019da966ec205a990bb88b85d26de2  a803-8380 v343 aThe paper focuses on hunting as cultural heritage from the semiotic and legal perspectives. The aim of the paper is to determine whether the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003 allows recognizing the transmission and exercise of hunting skills within the Polish Hunting Association as a manifestation of intangible cultural heritage. The main research method applied in this research is the test of legal rationality encompassing five elements: (1) the generic coherence of hunting knowledge and skills in Poland; (2) the lack of conflict with the principles arising from universal human rights instruments; (3) the significance of hunting knowledge and skills for nature protection and conservation; (4) the significance of hunting knowledge and skills for economic balance and internal security; and (5) the hunting knowledge and skills versus the idea of nature-related cultural identity. The newspaper and political discourse is highly emotional loaded and frequently instead of merits is based on propaganda and half-truths. Nowadays hunting in general is perceived as the so-called blood sport not an element of ecology in the nature disturbed by humans. Therefore, the paper is intended to present the UNESCO Convention and facts about Polish hunting model as an element of sustainable nature and environment conservation and protection as well as a tool of biodiversity preservation.  a09528059 (ISSN)