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Current AffairsWWF survey suggests Czech Environment Minister has toxic blood
This week, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released the results of a
survey conducted in June to test the effects air pollution has on our
health. Fourteen EU Environment Ministers agreed to give blood samples to
determine how many and what kind of man-made chemicals are in their
bodies. Czech Environment Minister Libor Ambrozek was one of them and his
result was especially shocking.
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Current AffairsAlarm call of the wild - could Natura 2000 have saved the Great Bustard?
The European Commission this July estimated it will cost 6.1 billion euros
each year to finance Natura 2000, a cross-border project that seeks to
protect Europe's finest wildlife sites. The goal is to coordinate the
preservation of the natural habitats of endangered birds, wild animals and
plant species throughout the European Union. Czech conservationists say
that had Natura 2000 been in place a few decades ago, the call of the
'Great Bustard,' for one, could still be heard in Czech fields today. More
Current AffairsFungus kills pine trees weakened by last year's drought
Anyone who travels around the rolling countryside of Central Bohemia these
days will be greeted by a sorry sight: hundreds of brown patches marring
the perfect greenery of the mixed forests of that hilly region. Thousands
of fir trees are dying in Bohemia but what exactly is causing them to
wither and how serious is the situation? Pavla Horakova reports.
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Current AffairsNGO Arnika launches Save the Trees campaign
The construction boom of recent years has proved to be a serious threat to
trees in many Czech towns and cities. Trees which have been part of the
landscape for decades and sometimes for over a century are disappearing
overnight. The NGO Arnika has now decided to help the public to put up a
fight for them - by launching a nation wide Save the Trees campaign.
Martin Skalsky of Arnika explains what it is all about:
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Current AffairsThe most significant trees in the Czech Republic
Only a few weeks ago a giant beech tree was voted the most beautiful tree
in the Czech Republic. The competition proved unexpectedly successful.
Almost thirty thousand people have voted for their favourite tree.
Evidently Czechs have a special relationship to their trees.
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