Czech Presidency in Nature Conservation

During the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2009, the Czech Republic will have to deal with many compelling questions in nature conservation and landscape protection.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — International Nature Conservation
The Czech Bat Conservation Trust

The Czech Bat Conservation Trust (CESON), hosted by the National Museum Prague, was established in 1991 to improve co-operation between professionals and amateurs, dealing with bats.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — Focusing on the Public
Nature Conservancy Finding Data Opening Up Strategy
The article aims at presenting to readers the current status and the consequent Nature Conservancy finding data collecting, management and sharing strategy/policy in the Czech Republic.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
New Findings of the Ghost Orchid in the Mt. Boubín Ridge

V roce 2006 byl v oblasti Boubína u Zátoně po 60 letech opět zjištěn výskyt sklenobýlu bezlistého (Půbal, Maunová 2007). V létě 2008 se zde podařilo nalézt jeho další mikrolokalitu (Patzelt), která jen potvrdila, že masiv Boubína v současnosti představuje hlavní známou oblast výskytu sklenobýlu bezlistého v České republice.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
Monitoring a Marsh Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) Population in the Bílé Karpaty/White Carpathians

Mečík bahenní (Gladiolus palustris) je vyhláškou 395/1992 Sb. řazen mezi kriticky ohrožené druhy rostlin; Červený a černý seznam cévnatých rostlin ČR jej řadí do kategorie C1 (CR podle IUCN); je zařazen i do celosvětového červeného seznamu (IUCN) a také do přílohy II směrnice o stanovištích.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
Research in the Šumava/Bohemian Forest National Park
Monitoring and documenting long-term trends in nature's components is a clear priority in research in the Šumava/Bohemian Forest National Park.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 16. 12. 2008 — Research, Surveys and Data Management
Distribution and Ecology of the Common Kingfisher in the Litovelské Pomoraví/Litovel Morava River Ba

The author presents the current status of a Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) population breeding in the Litovelské Pomoraví/Litovel Morava River Basin Special Protection Area.
Nature Conservation 6/2008 — 13. 12. 2008 — Nature and Landscape Management
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Ecosystem research needs long-term data for studying life cycles, e.g., of forest trees or many vertebrates...
Nature Conservation 5/2008 — 21. 10. 2008 — International Nature Conservation
Protected Areas Worldwide: A Cost-benefit Analysis
Between 1992 and 2006, protected areas worldwide doubled in number and their total surface grew over 60 %.
Nature Conservation 5/2008 — 21. 10. 2008 — International Nature Conservation
Kau Wildlife Area
Nature Conservation 5/2008 — 21. 10. 2008 — International Nature Conservation