Nature
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Unwanted Czech bikes helping African children – and elephants
The Ostrava-based project Kola pro Afriku, Bikes for Africa, has just dispatched 200 bicycles to Cameroon. They will be used by locals to monitor elephant populations in…
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Endangered diver in the spotlight as numbers plunge
The Czech Society for Ornithology has named the black-necked grebe Bird of the Year 2015. The water bird, which used to be an indelible part of the Czech landscape, is…
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Environment ministry joins forces with NGOs to combat wildlife poaching
The Czech environment ministry has joined forces with wildlife groups to formulate new policies designed to battle poaching. According to the ministry, endangered…
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Czech dog to play key role in combating ivory trade
Thousands of elephants in Central Africa fall prey to ivory poachers every year. The Czech Republic is now making a small contribution to the fight against illegal trade…
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Silent Lab - to feature at EXPO 2015 in Milan - combines Nature and High-tech
Silent Lab is the name of an ambitious Czech installation featuring this year at Expo 2015 in Milan, which begins later this spring. The installation, which brought…
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2014 one of the warmest Czech years on record
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute – the body responsible for monitoring the country’s weather – has reported that 2014 will be one of the warmest years since records…
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Animal welfare groups pushing for concerted action against puppy farming
Czech animal rights activists have been ringing alarm bells over the horrific business of puppy farming within which dogs are bred in abominable conditions in Central and…
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Wolf patrols ready to come out with the first snow
Europe’s large predators were hunted into extinction in the early 1900s, but due to changing conditions and better protection wolves, bears and lynxes are slowly returning…
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Prague opens first package-free shop
Last week, the governments of EU countries, including the Czech Republic, unanimously approved a new law to cut down the number of plastic bags by 80 percent within the…
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Tackling the Czech Republic's poor air quality
November saw the release of an annual government-commissioned report on the state of the environment in the Czech Republic. While the gist of the report maintained that a…
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Government report gives Czech Republic low marks for air quality
A newly-released government report on state of the Czech environment for the year 2013 has underscored the continued issue of poor air quality across the Czech Republic…
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Wild boars cause millions of crowns in damage in agriculture sector
Uprooted earth, ruined fields, leftover bits of corn, beetroot and wheat gobbled up: each year, wild boars in the Czech Republic cause extensive damage. Legally, game…
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