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Current AffairsCzech forests recording worst damage in fifteen years
Foresters around the country are busy clearing the damage of last week's
gale force winds. The extent of the devastation is still being assessed
but latest estimates say four and a half million cubic metres of wood were
affected - the worst damage recorded in the last fifteen years.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic to have more primeval forests
Virgin - or primeval - forests are rare in this part of the world where
logging and tourism have taxed Nature to a considerable extent. Now there
are efforts to try and restore Nature's bounty for future generations. In
addition to protecting existing nature reserves Czech environmentalists
are trying to create new ones. If all goes well in several hundred years'
time there should be new primeval forests in the north and eastern parts
of the country.
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Current Affairs"Christmas Tree - Tree for Life" project brings silver fir back to Czech Republic's forests
Every year, almost a million Christmas trees are sold in the Czech
Republic. Soon after the holidays people throw them away and the trees
have to be disposed of as waste. For the sixth year running,
environmentalists in Brno are offering people the chance to buy live
Christmas trees which can be replanted outdoors after Christmas. Also,
they've chosen one particular type of conifer, once plentiful in the Czech
lands but now on the verge of extinction.
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Talking PointA Black Triangle gradually turns green
North Bohemia was once the member of a most unlucky club. Together with
neighboring areas of Germany and Poland, the region was considered part of
the "Black Triangle," so named for its unenviable position as one
of Europe's most polluted areas. But since the fall of Communism, the Czech
region has been dealing with the consequences of unrestrained industrial
growth that poisoned its skies and depleted its once-thick forests. In
this week's Talking Point, Eric Martin visits the region to find out if it
can lose its "Black Triangle" nickname.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic getting greener as forest area increases by thousands of hectares every year
The Czech national anthem describes the Czech Republic as paradise on
earth, boasting waters murmuring through its meadows and forests rustling
over rocky hills. Well, it looks like the country is delivering on its
promises - in just forty years the area covered by forests has increased
by 50,000 hectares.
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Czech ScienceCzech Science
Czech Republic to support research in nanotechnology. Czech high-school students succeed in international science competitions. "St Wenceslas" mushroom kills fir trees. Bat populations increasing in Sumava Mountains.
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Current AffairsPrague renovates ten old gamekeeper's lodges
The city of Prague, as a popular tourist destination, attracts millions of
people thanks to its rich cultural heritage, historical monuments,
beautiful architecture and its romantic little streets and cafes. Although
it is known as one of the "greenest" capitals in Europe, few
people are aware that Prague includes some 4,900 hectares of forest land.
Around half the land is owned by the city, which spends some 36 million
crowns - 1.2 million Euros - a year on maintenance. For over a decade, it
has also owned ten run down gamekeepers' lodges but has only recently been
given the green light to renovate them and offer its rangers homes close
to their forests.
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Czech ScienceEnvironmentalists plan to grow new "primaeval" forest in North Bohemia
A group of environmental activists get together, scrape up some money and
buy a piece of land that has some remarkable features: endangered animals
or rare plants - and turn it into a private preserve. That is not so
unusual anymore in the Czech Republic. But cases when conservationists and
botanists decide to turn a completely ordinary piece of land into
something valuable are much less common.
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