Nature
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Campaign aims to help save endangered species in Czech Republic
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, aimed at raising awareness of the disappearance of many of the Earth’s species and finding ways to reverse the current…
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Snow and ice falling off Prague roofs poses real threat to residents
The heaviest snowfalls to hit Prague in thirty years have been making the life of Prague residents difficult, and sometimes even dangerous. Currently, people’s biggest…
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Environmental groups focus on local damage caused by controversial ČEZ power plant
Headlines around the world have been made by a small Pacific island state’s challenge to plans for a large Czech coal-fired power plant. But Czech environmental groups are…
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Environmentalists warn over damage to wildlife from salt on roads
Thousands of tonnes of salt have been spread on roads in the Czech Republic and the rest of Europe during recent heavy snowfall. So much so, that stocks threaten to run…
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Czech aid to quake-stricken Haiti underway
The magnitude-seven earthquake that struck the Caribbean state of Haiti on Tuesday is threatening to become one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory, with death…
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Czech mission in the Antarctic does valuable research
Last Saturday, Czech scientists from a number of institutions set out on their latest research trip to the Czech base in the Antarctic- located on James Ross Island. At…
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Zoologists launch project to map behaviour of elusive lynx
The Šumava National Park and the Bavarian National Forest Park have begun a unique project to map the lives of elusive lynx inhabiting nature reserves on both sides of the…
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Rare White Rhinos arrive in Africa
There are just eight Northern White Rhinos in the world, and until last weekend the only ones capable of reproducing were here in the Czech Republic. However, while they…
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Hopes of new climate pact dashed in Copenhagen
As the Copenhagen climate talks draw to a close, hopes have dimmed of reaching any significant agreement that could form the basis of an eventually legally binding climate…
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Czech zoo at centre of controversial last bid to save endangered rhino from extinction
A Czech zoo is at the centre of what is probably the last chance to save an endangered African rhino. The species is believed to have become extinct in the wild. But the…
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Natural scientist Miroslav Bobek to run Prague Zoo
The hugely successful Prague Zoo is undergoing a change of management. As the director credited with revitalising the zoo over the last 12 years, Petr Fejk, departs for a…
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Czech NGOs hope Copenhagen will produce CO2 treaty but president sceptical
Delegations from 192 countries will arrive in the city of Copenhagen on Monday for two weeks of talks aimed at establishing a new global treaty on climate change. The…
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