N ature conservation in the Vysočina Region

Nature conservation in the Vysočina Region

Ing. Kristýna LátalováNovember 20th, 2008

Environmental Conference, Laa/Thaya, Lower Austria

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Vysočina Region

Area: 6 796 km2

Population: 514 146 inhabitants

Communities count: 704

Population density: 75 inhabitants per km2

Average age: 39.5 years

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Large-size protected areas - two categories in the Czech Republic National park (NP)

Large areas that are unique on either a national or international level; most of them consist of natural ecosystems or ecosystems little influenced by man

4 NP in the Czech Republic – total area 1 387 km2

Independent autorities – each NP is managed by its Administration constituted by the government of the Czech Republic There is no national park in the Vysočina Region

Protected landscape areas (PLA) Large areas od landscape formed in a balanced way, with characteristic relief, a

significant portion of natural forests and permanent gramineceous vegetation ecosystems, a large portion consisting of woody species and in some cases conserved historical settlement monuments

25 PLA in the Czech Republic – total area 10 765 km2

constituted by the Czech Ministry of Environment 24 regional offices – PLA Administrations (Agency for Nature Conservation and

Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic): executes state administration There are 2 PLAs in the Vysočina Region

Železné hory (a part of total 284 km2) Žďárské vrchy (a part of total 709 km2)

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Special landscape protection in regional criterion

Nature parks constituted by the Region´s government (Region´s Council) 9 nature parks in the Vysočina Region, total area 626.1 km2

Doubrava (a part of total 5.2 km2) Melechov (32.3 km2) Čeřínek (23.1 km2) Bohdalovsko (60.7 km2) Balinské údolí (4.3 km2) Třebíčsko (88.6 km2) Svratecká hornatina (a part of total 359 km2) Rokytná (a part of total 28.8 km2) Střední Pojihlaví (a part of total 24.1 km2)

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Small-size protected areas (SPA) in the Vysočina Region 169 SPAs in the Vysočina Region Four categories SPA in the Czech Republic National nature reserves and National nature monuments:

constituted by the Czech Ministry of Environment managed and executes state administration by the PLA Administrations (Agency for Nature Conservation and

Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic) 7 National nature reserves (4 of them inside the PLA Žďárské vrchy) 3 National nature monuments

Nature reserves 56 reserves managed by the Regional Authority of the Vysočina Region + 7 reserves managed by the PLA Administrations Žďárské vrchy and 6 reserves managed by the PLA

Administrations Železné hory (there are inside the PLA)

Nature monuments 65 monuments managed by the Regional Authority of the Vysočina + 25 monuments managed by the PLA Administrations Žďárské vrchy and a 2 monuments managed by the PLA

Administrations Železné hory Nature reserves and monuments outside the PLA are constituted by the Region´s government (Vysočina Regional

Council)

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The Vysočina Region is managing 121 protected areas (NR and NM) In 2008, more than 5 000 000 Kč (194 000 Euro) was spended for management of

these protected areas and habitats of protected plant and animal species (outside NR and NM):

4 000 000 Kč (155 500 Euro): proper management of protected areas (mowing, grazing, woodcutting, marking the boundaries, implementation of additional enhancing measures, e.g. creating pools for amphibians, construction of fences against herbivores) and geodetic delineation of the boundaries (for the process of renewal of protected areas)

200 000 Kč (7 800 Euro): preparation of management plans for individual protected areas

150 000 Kč (5 800 Euro): management of habitats outside protected areas (transfers of protected animals, mowing, processing of ornithological data, intervention against succession)

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Nature conservation in the Vysočina region

Grazing in the Natural reserve "Na Oklice"

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Dactylorhiza majalis Menyanthes trifoliata

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Pedicularis palustris Baeothryon (Trichophorum) alpinum

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Grazing in the Natural monument "Jalovec"

protection subject: Gentianella bohemica

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Gentianopsis ciliata Primula veris

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Renewal of shallow ditsh in the Natural reserve "Opatovské zákopy"

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Mowing and biomass removing in the Natural

reserve "Opatovské zákopy"

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Drosera rotundifolia Parnassia palustris

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Special treatment for enhancing Pulsatilla pratensis population in Natural monument "Klučovský kopec" (similarly in the Natural monuments "Ptáčovský kopeček" and "Kobylinec“ – Pulsatilla

grandis and habitats of Gentianella sp.)

Vertikutator used for disturbimg soil in order to enhance germination of hand sown seed of P. pratensis

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Pulsatilla grandis

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Pulsatilla pratensis

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Building of three pools in Natural reserve "Vílanecké rašeliniště"

(tracks from heavy forest machines were utilized)

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Building of three pools in Natural reserve

"Vílanecké rašeliniště"

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Building of three pools in Natural reserve

"Vílanecké rašeliniště“ (photographed in November

2008)

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Examples of protected area marking in the Vysočina

Region

Board with basic information about the protected area for the visitors

Marking of protected areas prescribed by the Czech law (red stripes on columns or border trees, a board

with the Czech national emblem)

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NATURA 2000

55 Sites of Community Importance in the Vysočina Region 18 sities proposed for biogeographical area "Continental Region" (supposed placement in the

National registry in 2009) The Vysočina Region is competent to arrange protection of 40 recent localities (included in

Europaean list) – either contractual protection, or constituting new areas protected by a law Founds: Operation programme Environment, priority axis 6.1 Implementation and

management of Natura 2000 First request for subvention: 8 localities; the owners are interested in contractual protection

(deadline March 2009); if the contractual protection fail – constituting new protected areas Second request for subvention (deadline November 13, 2008): 12 localities; recent protected

areas and the "simple" localities (a small count of owners) Basic conservation: probably in 2009 (new form of protection of European important localities

instead of recent Act No. 114/1992 Gazette; some problematic habitats will be protected by the Czech government act: - extensive localities (rivers, forests), habitats of bats or fishes...

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Nature conservation in the Vysočina regionLandscape character Conception of landscape protection in the Vysočina Region – declaration of landscape

character – a part of document " Fundamentals of territorial development in the Vysočina Region"

the key material for nature conservation organs – protection of landscape character will be implemented in the document "Fundamentals of territorial development of the Vysočina

Region" obligatory for creating local plans revision, ev. changes of boundaries of recent natural parks proposals and delineation of new natural parks recently 2 proposals for new natural parks: "Javořice" and "Údolí Želetavky"

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