The Lakefield National Park – A Godforsaken Nook in Queensland
The Lakefield National Park, second-largest national park in Queensland, Australia, features spectacular wetlands and extensive river systems. The park stretches from Princess Charlotte Bay in the north to the town of Laura, covering 5,370 km2. The dominant vegetation in the park is eucalypt woodland and gallery forest associated with waterways.
Nature Conservation 2/2011 — 11. 7. 2011 — International Nature Conservation — Print article in pdf
Changes in Protection and Management of Sites of Community Importance in the Czech Republic
The amendment to Act No. 114/1992 Gazette on the Protection of Nature and the Landscape, namely Act No. 349/2009 Gazette has fundamentally changed ways how Sites of European Importance (pursuant to the above Act, the term for Site of Community Importance, SCI under the European Community’s Habitats Directive) are officially protected and managed in the Czech Republic.
Nature Conservation 2/2011 — 11. 7. 2011 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection and the Water Act
Watercourses, water bodies and wetlands significantly contribute to health of ecosystems which they are part of and provide wild plant and animals with their preferred habitats. The Water Act (Act No. 254/2001 Gazette on Waters, as amended later) officially declares water ecosystem conservation. Nevertheless, because the piece of legislation aims particularly at water management and flood and drought prevention, interests of water management and nature conservation can sometimes clash.
Nature Conservation 2/2011 — 11. 7. 2011 — Nature Conservation Legislation — Print article in pdf
Cumulative effects of building activities on the Krkonoše/Giant Mts. meadows
Cumulative effects of building activities (particularly family and boarding houses) on traditionally managed meadows pose a serious problem in the Natura 2000 SCI Krkonoše/Giant Mts. Loss of the meadows caused by individual house-building projects is often too small to justify their prohibition despite they directly influence/destroy even the priority target features within the SCI. However, the projects considerably reduce total area of meadows due to cumulative effects of their high number.
Nature Conservation 2/2011 — 11. 7. 2011 — Nature and Landscape Management — Print article in pdf
Will the Sustainable Tourism Strategy Help the Mt. Praděd Area?
The Mt. Praděd Nature National Reserve (the Jeseníky Mts. Protected Landscape Area, northern Moravia) is the largest Nature National Reserve (NNR) in the Czech Republic, covering just 2,000 hectares. The area has been protected since 1955. As a popular ski destination, the NNR has had to be faced with various affects, related both to tourism and sport activities carried out by visitors and associated phenomena, e.g.building the transport infrastructure or accommodation capacities.
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The Mt. Blaník Protected Landscape Area Thirty Year Old
The Mt. Blaník Protected Landscape Area (PLA) located in central Bohemia was declared on December 29, 1981, covering 709 km2. It main aim is to preserve harmonically formed, biologically healthy landscape with the central dominant – the mysterious Mt. Blaník. The PLA harbours specific countryside settlements including rests of folk vermacular architecture, sacral buildings and small rural castles. Velký/Big and Malý/Little Blaník peaks have been famous due to the old Czech legend on the Knights of Blaník.
Nature Conservation 2/2011 — 11. 7. 2011 — On Nature in the Czech Republic — Print article in pdf
The Pluto’s Temple – The Second Longest Non-karst Cave in the Czech Republic
In 2006, the Pluto Temple cave system was discovered in the Teplice Rocks (the Broumov Highlands, the Adrspach-Teplice Rocks National Nature Reserve, northeastern Bohemia). The system consists of mostly underground space in block broken rocks on the edge of two gorges. Broken caves are located particularly along underground water course stretches of the gorges.
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