Nature
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EU study highlights invasive species impact on Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has been picked out as one of the worst hit countries for invasive plants and animals by a European study. Although the invaders can damage crops and…
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Environment Ministry overhauls flagship carbon cutting programme following cool response
Global warming is climbing ever higher up the agenda as world leaders prepare for a key meeting in December to agree on emissions cuts. The Czech Republic would have liked…
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The joys of collecting mushrooms and ticks
Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say. But the many clouds that have constituted the Czech summer so far have a sort of golden-yellow hue for me. That is the colour…
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Czechs pick billions worth of forest mushrooms, berries annually
Mushroom and berry-picking are common in the Czech Republic – so much so that they pick several billion crowns worth each year. This week the Agriculture Ministry released…
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Rare black truffles uncovered in central Moravia
The truffle, often referred to as the king of all fungi, has long been considered one of the world’s finest delicacies - found in five-star restaurants around the world…
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Floods put spotlight on manmade water and landscape changes
The recent flash floods in the Czech Republic have focussed attention on how quiet streams could be transformed so rapidly into raging torrents causing destruction and…
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Pravčice Gate – the biggest sandstone formation in Europe – makes it to the semifinals of the…
It is one of nature’s marvels – a gate of sandstone created through millions of years of erosion. The Pravčice Gate near the Czech-Saxony border stands on the edge of a…
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Czech Met Office says June storms are exceptional
The weather is the subject on the tip of everyone’s tongue just now following violent floods over the last week in the Czech Republic. Forecasters warn that there is still…
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Magazine
Panoramatic views of Prague streets will soon be available on Google, a Czech captain is crowned Miss Azalea and a copy of Entropa is up for sale. Find out more in…
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Renewables cautious progress cast into question
Renewables have suddenly come into the spotlight in the Czech Republic thanks to statistics showing a rocketing upsurge in solar power and a new measure giving grants to…
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EU environment ministers tackle climate change in Prague
EU environment ministers came to the end of a two day informal meeting in Prague on Wednesday. The talks have been dominated by one subject - climate change – which is a…
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Nyctalus - Helping bats injured in the city return to flight
Nyctalus is a chapter of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation made up of young zoologists and specialists, focussing on the plight of bats injured in Czech towns and…
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