Research, Surveys and Data Management

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.

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.

In 2007–2008, a project supported by the Charles University Grant Agency was carried out.

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.

Studying and identification of endemism in animals, particularly in insects, is much more difficult than in plants.

Ringing as a basic method for studying bird migration has been almost unchanged continuing 110 years.

The Bečva River is a large tributary of the Morava River flowing from the Beskydy Mountains.

The Thick Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus) is a declining European species listed in ...

Endemism may not be related only to species and subspecies, but ge­nera or even whole families can be endemic, too.

The Northern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is the ra­rest rhino in the world. There were only four specimens in the wild in 2006 and their existence is not sure at present.