The Term “Public Interest”
Nature conservation and landscape protection is a public interest. Moreover, it is an unclear legal term, which is not sharply defined by positive laws but the content has to be defined by the State Administration authority.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Nature Conservation Legislation
Mountain Climbing – Seeking for Balance with Nature

Mountain climbing has had a long tradition in what is now the Czech Republic. Most of the important mountain climbing areas including rock terrains have become Specially Protected Areas.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Focusing on the Public
Making a Blanice River Cut-Off Meander Flowing – An Important Facility for the European Freshwater P

The Blanice River National Nature Monument is one of eight sites in the Czech Republic, where the European Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) Recovery Programme/Action Plan has been implemented.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Nature and Landscape Management
Amphibian & Reptile Mapping at the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Cz

Česká republika má povinnost jako členský stát EU podávat každých šest let zprávu o stavu evropsky významných fenoménů z hlediska ochrany, tedy o evropsky významných typech přírodních stanovišť z přílohy I a druzích z přílohy II, IV a V Směrnice o stanovištích (92/43/EHS).
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
The Spring Gentian Recovery Programme/Action Plan in the Czech Republic

The native distribution of the Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna) is centred in Central Europe, mainly in the Alps and the Carpathians but also in the Balkans.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
Rodent Conservation in the Margins of Interest

Compared with other mammal groups, rodent (Rodentia) conservation has been rather overlooked, although interest in it has been gradually increasing.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
Land Purchase for Nature Conservation Purpose by the State
Purchases of lands to be added to the State ownership are one of the nature conservation and landscape protection tools, supporting favourable conservation status of from a point of view of natural history valuable areas, based on the Act No. 114/1992 Gazette on the Protection of Nature and the Landscape, as amended later.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — Nature and Landscape Management
The Jizera Mountains Protected Landscape Area

The Jizera Mountains Protected Landscape Area was declared in the northernmost mountain range of the Czech Republic in 1968, covering approx. 368 km2.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — On Nature in the Czech Republic
Protected Areas: Has Quantity Been Transforming into Quality?

Protected areas have been, even in the rapidly changing world, an important tool for nature and landscape heritage management.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — International Nature Conservation
Landscape Features of the Triglav National Park (Slovenia)

The article presents a huge range of various landforms in the Triglav National Park, protecting a significant part of the Julian Alps in Slovenia.
Nature Conservation 3/2008 — 24. 6. 2008 — International Nature Conservation