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Czech prime minister joins world leaders at climate change conference in Paris
Close to 150 world leaders have descended on Paris for a much anticipated UN climate change conference with the aim of producing a legally binding climate treaty that…
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Czech Republic prepares for drought-frequent future
The Czech Republic this year witnessed one of the driest summers in its history, and experts predict that heatwaves, as well as other weather extremes, are to occur more…
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Aldabra: Wildlife adventure in 3-D on an Indian Ocean atoll
You’ve probably never heard of Aldabra, an atoll in the Indian Ocean some 1,000 kilometres away from the Seychelles’ Mahé. Reportedly, the last filmmaker to shoot there…
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Closely observed wolves in Šumava
The Czech Republic’s biggest national park Šumava has recently opened a wolf observation site at its new visitor centre in the town of Srní. The park’s management wants to…
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Bark beetle makes positive contribution to forest development
The tiny pest known as the bark beetle, which has repeatedly infested coniferous forests at the country’s Šumava National Park, has sparked a number of controversies over…
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Tundra in the Czech Republic – who knew?
In most people's minds, the treeless landscape of the tundra is usually associated with Arctic countries somewhere in the northern hemisphere, but, in fact, you can…
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Wild boar cull planned as population swells
Plans are afoot for a mass cull of the Czech Republic’s wild boar population. Mild winters are causing the animals to breed all year round, sparking a rise in numbers –…
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Conservationist project provides pears for heirs
Conservationists in the National Park Bohemian Switzerland in north of the country are busy these days collecting wild pears. While they might not be exactly tasty for…
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Health reports says that air pollution leads to more than 5,000 deaths in Czech Republic annually
A new study conducted by the National Health Institute has found that there are more than 5,000 deaths annually related to breathing polluted air. More than half of…
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Artists collect impressions of scarred North Bohemia landscape
Artists from the Czech Republic, Iceland and Norway have got together in the industrial landscape in North Bohemia for a project called Frontiers of Solitude, examining…
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Plans to exploit Czech uranium mine slag heap sparks furore
Slag heaps of broken rocks and stone are the clearest legacy of the uranium mining boom in the Czech Republic. But one company’s plans to get rid of some of the unsightly…
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Traffic road sign aimed at saving endangered moose
Drivers on Czech roads may soon come across a new, perhaps somewhat surprising, traffic sign: a moose crossing. The non-profit organisation Česká Krajina or Czech…
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