Šumava National Park management warned to observe international norms

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)has called on the Czech government to ensure better protection of the Šumava National Park and make sure that the park’s management fully adheres to international environment protection norms, Friends of the Earth activists told the CTK news agency on Thursday The IUCN has reportedly warned that the Šumava National Park is under close scrutiny and if this is not done Šumava could lose its internationally acknowledged status of a national park. In a letter to the park’s management the IUCN has allegedly criticised the size of the no-human-intervention zone within the total area of the park. The park’s management has said it is not possible to increase the no-intervention zone in view of 22 inhabited localities nearby.