The Journal is published by the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Cave Administration of the Czech Republic, the Krkonoše Mts. National Park Administration, the Bohemian Forest Mts. National Park Administration, the Podyjí National Park Administration and the The Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration. It has been published since 1946.
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Nature Conservation 1/2008 — 26. 2. 2008 — Focusing on the Public
The Kosenka Land Trust's Experience in Purchasing Forests in the Bílé Karpaty/White Carpathians Mts.
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Pozemkový spolek je z hlediska naší zkušenosti dovršením péče neziskového subjektu o cenné přírodní či kulturní lokality a zároveň velkou perspektivou pro další rozvoj péče o taková území.
In 2003, the Czech Union for Nature Conservation (CUNC) launched the campaign aiming at raising the funds for purchasing the lands valuable for nature conservation. The purchased lands are protected not by the law, but due to civil associations and their ownership rights. The Kosenka Land Trust, established by the CUNC local chapter of the same name in the Bílé Karpaty/White Carpathians, has also been involved in the campaign. Firstly, semi-natural fir/beech forest growth covering 4.2 hectares which had been threatened by felling was purchased. Consequently, the Šcúrnica “Private Forest Reserve” was established. Because for putting a forest growth into the intact protection, it is ne-cessary to have a forest unit of at least ten times larger coverage, the Kosenka Land Trust has begun to purchase adjacent well-preserved forest stands. By now, 14.85 hectares have been purchased, using the funds raised by the flag-day entitled as Space for Nature. Land trust activities usefully contribute to State Nature Conservancy ones. Contrary to the latter, the former have the more pronounced eco-social aspect and the more permanent and more personal relation of local inhabitants to the lands owned and managed by land trusts.