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Government report highlights alarming state of Czech forests
The impact of global climate change in the Czech Republic can be felt more strongly than ever before, suggests a newly-released government report on the state of the Czech…
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Camera traps shed new light on wildcat presence in Czech Republic
The wildcat is a small carnivorous species that once inhabited the Czech Republic’s forests, before it was hunted down at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. However…
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Czech forestry in crisis
Forests in the Czech Republic are suffering. Frequent periods of prolonged draught have weakened trees, leaving them prone to harmful bark beetle infestation. Moreover…
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Bill seeks to ban wild animals from Czech circuses
An amendment on animal welfare drafted by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture could foreshadow the end of traditional circuses in the country. If it is approved by…
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Bear's quest for honey scares locals in Beskydy mountains
For several weeks now, a brown bear has been roaming the mountain region of Valašsko located in the easternmost part of Moravia, near the Slovak border, approaching…
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Impact of EU emissions cut target on Czech carmakers ‘mitigated’ by incentives
EU lawmakers have hammered out a deal to cut vehicle emissions 35 percent by 2030 in a bid to fight climate change and pollution. The Czech Republic, whose auto industry…
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Green mamba scare in Prague
A search is on for one of the world‘s most venomous snakes, the green mamba, which escaped from its owner in Prague’s Hlubočepy district on Tuesday night. Prior to its…
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New centre to oversee landscape management
A new Land and Water Management Centre has just been established by experts at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. Its aim is to search for measures that…
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Peak season ahead for mushroom-hunters reeling from dry spell
Conditions in the last two weeks of September are often among the best for engaging in a favourite Czech pastime – mushroom picking. In early autumn, temperatures cool so…
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Czech birds are threatened by deadly African disease
The outbreak of a dangerous African bird disease is killing blackbirds and other bird species in the Czech Republic. The mosquito-carried Usutu virus has spread to Europe…
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Drought exposes ancient “hunger stones”, Communist-era water mismanagment
Receding waterlines stemming from long droughts this summer have revealed some disturbing ancient relics – so-called “hunger stones”, some dating back as far as 1616…
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New Czech plant identification software claims to be best in the world
A joint effort by two Czech universities claims to have developed the most accurate plant image recognition system in the world. Able to identify thousands of different…
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