Nature
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Jan Rovenský: the evergreen environment campaigner
For most of the last 17 years Jan Rovenský has been in the thick of most big environmental campaigns, apart from a short but enjoyable spell as a nature protection…
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Outdoor goers warned to take extra caution during tick season
Czech outdoors lovers have been warned to brace for the coming peak in tick season at the end of June/early July, a little later than usual after this year’s long winter…
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Moravian deluge leaves swarms of mosquitoes
The floodwaters have receded in Moravia, but now many parts of the region are inundated with mosquitoes. Various sources have reported as many as 60 bites a minute in…
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Flooding brings fresh despair to Moravia
Heavy rainfall has brought flooding back to the Czech Republic just as some localities were getting back to normal. Many of the same areas in Moravia hit two weeks ago…
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Damage assessment and clear-up begin as river levels fall in flood-hit regions
After torrential rains caused flooding in parts of Moravia this week, water levels have started to go down. But now the hard part begins: assessing the cost of the damage…
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Town of Troubky under water again 13 years after catastrophe
Fears of major flooding in east of the Czech Republic became a reality late Monday as the Central Moravian town of Troubky was inundated. While that town was being…
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Parts of Moravia on alert as heavy rain causes flooding
Parts of Moravia have been hit by flooding, with rivers swelling to increasingly dangerous levels. So far flooding has resulted in at least one death and seen hundreds of…
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Prague Zoo launches new fund-raising project to protect gorillas in the wild
Prague Zoo recently launched a new project to raise money for the protection of gorillas in Africa. It is raising money by collecting old mobile phones from visitors and…
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Czech Scouts give away small tree plants in celebration of Earth Day
In celebration of Earth Day, the Czech Scout Association handed out small tree plants at several metro stops in Prague on Thursday. People can take the trees and plant…
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Golden eagles could return to Beskydy mountains after 100-year absence
Ornithologists in the Beskydy mountains in the far east of the country are celebrating the possible return of the golden eagle after an absence of more than 100 years. A…
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Czech rescue group saves thousands of wild animals every year
Eleven years ago, the Czech Union for Nature Conservation started opening rescue centers for injured wild animals all over the Czech Republic. To date, 26 centers have…
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Cuckoo, declining in numbers in Czech Republic, named Bird of Year
The common cuckoo has just been named Bird of the Year 2010 by the Czech Society for Ornithology. One of the aims of the annual award is to draw attention to the problems…
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