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.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
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.
Nature Conservation 5/2009 — 21. 10. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Do Our Black Storks Nest in Our Country? Black Stork Monitoring in the Czech Republic: the Most Rece

In the Czech Republic, 2,084 Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) were banded with colour rings in 1994–2008. Some hundreds of recoveries and findings have been obtained, particularly from migration, far less from the breeding season. 28 birds with rings were found on their nests, other six adults were observed in suitable habitats during the breeding season.
Nature Conservation 4/2009 — 31. 8. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Scientific Authority of the Czech Republic

Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, also known at the Washington Convention), each Party shall designate at least one national Scientific Authority with appropriate qualifications which shall be independent of the national Management Authority or Authorities.
Nature Conservation 4/2009 — 31. 8. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Assessment of Impacts Caused by Visitors in the Čertoryje National Nature Reserve
Nature Conservation 4/2009 — 31. 8. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Providing Territorial Data in Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection

The authors present a new issue within the Building Act, namely providing with territorial data, which aims at the duty of the respective authorities to provide with relevant information as a background for elaborating planning documentation.
Nature Conservation 3/2009 — 30. 6. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Endemism in the Czech Republic – Part 2. Animal Endemism, Endemic Species Protection

Studying and identification of endemism in animals, particularly in insects, is much more difficult than in plants.
Nature Conservation 3/2009 — 30. 6. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Bird ringing in the Czech Republic and Europe

Ringing as a basic method for studying bird migration has been almost unchanged continuing 110 years.
Nature Conservation 3/2009 — 30. 6. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Bečva River – the Most Important Site for the Thick Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus) in Moravia
Nature Conservation 2/2009 — 21. 4. 2009 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf