Complicated Seeking for European Wilderness

The article presents various wilderness… When organizing the Wilderness Conference (Prague, May 2009), the organizers found that there is a different perception of the term wilderness, on the one hand Eastern and on the other hand Western European one.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Dilemma of Priorities? Do We Protect Biological Diversity or Processes?

Wilderness protection has been becoming an important issue also in the European Union Member States, particularly with respect to EU enlargement to the East.
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Non-intervention So To Speak Unintentional. Spontaneous Succession Processes in the Current Landsca

For a long time, nature conservation has had enough to follow the paradigm based on the assumption that nature means particularly absence of human impacts.
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On the Purpose of Establishing a Temporary Protected Area
Act No. 114/1992 Gazette on the Protection of Nature and the Landscape, as amended later, allows in its Article 13 to establish a Temporary Protected Area (TPA)...
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Nature Conservation Legislation — Print article in pdf
Fenced Forest Patches in Forests and outside Them
Because the approach of Building Offices in applying the relevant provisions of Act No. 183/2006 Gazette on Urban and Country Planning and Building Code...
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The Orlické hory/Eagle Mts. Protected Landscape Area

The Orlické hory/Eagle Mts. Protected Landscape Area (PLA) was declared on the territory of 204 km2on December 28, 1969. Its administration is based at Rychnov nad Kněžnou.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — On Nature in the Czech Republic — Print article in pdf
General Plan of Surface Water Accumulation Protected Areas

The General Plan for Surface Water Accumulation Areas is considered to be an adaptation measure to climate change in water management in the Czech Republic.
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Seeking for Water System Permeability for Fish in the Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic as well as in Europe, river fragmentation is one of the significant drivers, threatening survival of fish species, dependent on migration. Particularly transverse barriers on water courses are physical obstacles partially or fully impending migration of water organisms.
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Protected Areas in Belize

When travelling in Central America, visitorsinteresting in nature should not omit Belize, situated on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — International Nature Conservation — Print article in pdf