Nature
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Czech botanist leads call for European action against invasive species
Giant hogweed, the grey squirrel and Argentine Ant have one thing in common: they are all invasive species which have been introduced deliberately or by chance into Europe…
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State agencies spar over trees
Tree-lined avenues have been a distinct feature of the Czech countryside for many hundreds of years. For all their beauty and benefit however, they are also the lethal…
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Czechs rank amongst world’s biggest polluters
A study published by the World Wildlife Fund ranks the Czech Republic 14th on a list of states whose consumption levels outstrip environmental renewal. Environmentalists…
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Czechs leaders in plastics recycling but ineffective on bio-waste
“Any reason for sorting waste is a good one” is a slogan underlining a current TV campaign promoting recycling in the Czech Republic, and most Czechs would agree recycling…
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Report: Prague's green spaces under assault
The Czech Science Academy’s Environmental Committee has issued a damning report, accusing the Prague City Council of seeking to develop Prague’s green spaces and thus…
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New plan will make Czech forests healthier
Forests in the Czech Republic will undergo some profound changes following the adoption of a new National Forest Programme by the government on Wednesday. The plan seeks…
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Czechs world leaders in export of tropical fish
Czechs do not eat a great deal of fish. However for some reason or other a great number of them are enthusiastic fish breeders. The Czech Republic belongs among the worlds…
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Dieting with a gorilla
Many Czechs are fed up with the corruption scandals that constantly fill the evening news and morning papers and look elsewhere for diversion. And, as always, Prague’s zoo…
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Free Emil Kučera: protesters demand release of Czech entomologist jailed in India
Around 100 people gathered on Thursday outside Indian embassies in the Czech Republic, Austria and Canada to protest the imprisonment of Emil Kučera, a Czech entomologist…
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New project aims to save the Czech Republic’s natural springs
It might come as a surprise that there are any natural springs in Prague at all, but in fact there were over a hundred of them at last count. But those figures may soon be…
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Carp tasting in Třeboň
One of the highlights of my week was a visit to Třeboň, South Bohemia, in pursuit of carp on Monday. I had high hopes for the town itself, with all of my colleagues…
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Environmental group takes case of Austrian and German logging to EU
The Czech branch of the environmental organisation Friends of the Earth has filed a formal complaint with the European Union over logging practices just outside the Czech…
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