• Key factors for the forest biodiversity protection in central Europe

    18. 08. 2023

    English version of this article will be available soon.…

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  • The „stepping stone“ of biodiversity - the habitat tree. Photo: Ondrej Kameniar

    The minimum for the protection of biological diversity in Czech forests

    05. 01. 2023

    The protection of biological diversity (biodiversity) usually means the protection of those types of organisms and biotopes that are threatened with extinction. There have already been five mass extinctions in the history of planet Earth, and now there is talk and discussion of a sixth, almost…

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  • Water-induced openings in the forest are ideal places where habitat trees can be left to die. Insolation is better achieved here, and their location does not represent significant harm to forestry operations. In no case should these places be targeted for afforestation. Photo: Radek Bače

    Dead wood is the key to forest biodiversity

    03. 01. 2023

    The presence of dead wood is a fundamental feature of a forest environment and distinguishes it from a non-forest environment. The term dead wood refers to various forms of standing or lying wood, which is created by the death of trees or parts of trees in the forest. Forest ecosystems evolved into…

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  • Strict nature protection as one of the important approaches to preserving biological diversity in the Czech Republic. Photo: Jeňýk Hofmeister

    Strict nature protection as one of the important approaches to preserving biodiversity in the Czech Republic

    02. 01. 2023

    In addition to strict nature protection, which consists in leaving natural habitats to spontaneous development, creating a suitable environment mostly for species sensitive to human activity, the specific management of habitats co-created or completely created by human activity, in some cases with…

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