Bufková I.: Improving Disturbed Water Regime in Peat-bogs in the Šumava/Bohemian Forest Mts. Nationa

In the Šumava/Bohemian Forest Mts. National Park (NP), inventories carried out in the past years showed that almost 70% of peat-bogs have been affected by drainage there.
Nature Conservation 2/2013 — 21. 6. 2013 — Nature and Landscape Management — Print article in pdf
Harčarik J.: Mountain Pine Growth Management in the Krkonoše Mts. National Park

In the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše in Czech, Riesengebirge in German, Karkonosze in Polish), Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo) growths occur particularly in habitats above the timberline, i.e.in the area which was defined as the Giant Mts. Arctic-Alpine tundra in the 1990s.
Nature Conservation 2/2013 — 21. 6. 2013 — Nature and Landscape Management — Print article in pdf
Štursa J. & Hřebačka J.: Half a Century of the First Czech National Park

Five decades of the Krkonoše Mts. National Park (NP) – the first of the group of four national parks in the Czech Republic – provide a remarkable reflection of care and management of the national natural and historical entity.
Nature Conservation 2/2013 — 21. 6. 2013 — On Nature in the Czech Republic — Print article in pdf
Pelc F.: The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Due to its Dramatic History, the Oldest Africas Protected Area

The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, formerly known as the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, is the oldest proclaimed natural park in Africa. It consists of 960 km2of hilly topography located 280 km north of Durban in central Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — International Nature Conservation — Print article in pdf
Kalaš M.: The Past and Current Brown Bear Distribution in Northwestern Slovakia

In Slovakia, the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is protected by the national law as well as by the European Union legislation.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Weber M., Lipský Z., Stroblová L. & Šantrůčková M.: A Strategic Vision of the Landscape Development
The research project entitled as Implementation of the European Landscape Convention measures within intensively utilised landscapes that bear traces of historical landscape design activities – pilot study “Nové Dvory – Kačina” tried, inter alia, to raise general public and expert community awareness of active cultural landscape protection.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Pokorná Z..: Monitoring Wild Animals Released from Wild Animal Rescue Stations into the Wild after T

In abroad, wild animals released into the wild after treatment are monitored by most professional wildlife rescue stations and centres.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Havelková S.: Prejudiction of Civil Servants When Making Decisions Related to Municipalitys Interest
Within the current State/Public Administration in the Czech Republic, territorial self-governing unit authorities make decisions as the State/Public authorities also in issues related to these entities, i.e. municipalities and regions.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Nature Conservation Legislation — Print article in pdf
Stýblo P. N. & Orel P.: National Network of Wild Animal Rescue Stations in the Czech Republic – Hist

In the Czech Republic, the first attempts to systematically carry out the care for injured wild animals dated back to the1970s.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Nature and Landscape Management — Print article in pdf
Birds of Prey in the Czech Republic: Current State and Future Outlook

In comparison with the 1970s and 1980s, numbers have been increased in some birds of prey, while populations of other species have been relatively stable in the Czech Republic. Some avian predators, e.g. the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), known also as the Northern Harrier in North America have been declining there.
Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — On Nature in the Czech Republic — Print article in pdf