Sekowa Commune is situated in the middle part of the Beskid Niski Mts - the largest region in the Polish Beskidy Mts. The commune occupies an area of low and medium mountains, typical of the region in question. The present work proposes directions for the economic development of the commune on the basis of the analysis of the following environmental elements: land relief, climate, waters/hydrology, soils, vegetation, and landscape. Their usefulness from the point of view of potential directions of the economic development of the area has been valuated according to the criteria adopted from relevant literature. The main directions of the sustainable development of Sekowa Commune are tourism and recreation, agriculture, forestry, and pasturing. These forms of land use display horizontal and vertical diversity within the boundaries of the commune.