18. 12. 2024

One Nature Project Sparks Interest: Estonian Colleagues Reach Out for Collaboration

The One Nature Project has attracted international interest. At the beginning of March this year, we were contacted by representatives of the Estonian Ministry of Environment, […]
16. 12. 2024

Natura 2000 Day – what was achieved in the One Nature Project?

The legislative basis for the creation of the world’s largest internationally coordinated network of protected areas was established 31 years ago, and 21 May marks Natura […]
16. 12. 2024

WHO MANAGES NATURA 2000: Military district administrations

Military district administrations are one of the five nature protection authorities (NPAs) that have a lawful duty to manage the Natura 2000 system wherever the system […]
27. 8. 2024

WHO MANAGES NATURA 2000: Local authorities this time

In today’s part of the series of articles dedicated to the entities managing Natura 2000 sites, we will introduce the role of local governments. In the […]
16. 7. 2024

WHO MANAGES NATURA 2000: Non-governmental organisations

This article is the sixth in a series dedicated to entities managing the Natura 2000 system. The first five articles were devoted to all five nature […]
12. 9. 2023

What are the nature conservancy priorities?

The One Nature Project organised the last of a series of three roundtables on financing Natura 2000. During the internal discussion, the state administration representatives focused […]
12. 9. 2023

How to improve the financing of Natura 2000 in the Czech Republic

At the end of January 2023, under the auspices of the One Nature project, the second round table focused on the financing of the Natura 2000 […]
20. 7. 2023

Nature restoration law – a new context and opportunity for a familiar topic

If you – even fleetingly – follow the nature conservation scene, the news that the EU institutions are currently discussing its new legislative context is not […]
6. 4. 2023

Who manages Natura 2000: Discover the role of national parks

National parks are areas with predominant occurrence of natural ecosystems or ecosystems that have been slightly altered by humans, so it is not surprising that all […]
6. 4. 2023

Who manages Natura 2000: the main role of the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic

We introduced all the important actors in the previous article of the series on entities managing Natura 2000. The statutory management obligation is assigned to five […]
29. 11. 2022

The first meeting of the National Platform for Ecosystem Services (NPES)

The first meeting of the National Platform for Ecosystem Services (NPES) took place on 4 October 2022 at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic […]
29. 11. 2022

WHO MANAGES NATURA 2000: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN ENTITIES

You have probably heard that Natura 2000 is a system of protected areas of Pan-European importance, represented by Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and special protection […]
23. 2. 2022

We ensured management of almost 50 protected species and habitats of the Natura 2000 system

In the past year, the One Nature project succeeded in taking more than 1,000 different measures in 84 sites under European protection in the Czech Republic […]
4. 10. 2021

The One Nature Project is getting to the end of its first phase

With the first phase of the One Nature Project coming to an end, we are publishing another issue of One Nature Project News (Czech version only) […]
30. 7. 2021

We meet other Czech LIFE projects

There is a constant need to keep up with latest knowledge and experience when it comes to ensuring appropriate and effective management of protected areas, not […]
13. 5. 2021

The new methodical guidelines focus on better communication with owners and users in valuable areas

Well-set cooperation and functional relationships among different actors are the alpha and omega in the management of protected areas. Therefore, thanks to the One Nature project, […]
15. 3. 2021

We install information boards

Thanks to our project, we carry out various measures in selected sites of community importance (SCIs) and special protection areas (SPAs) throughout the Czech Republic to […]
21. 12. 2020

Three examples of how the LIFE Programme supports Czech nature conservation

Last week, we presented three examples of projects funded by the Operational Programme Environment. This time we will focus on projects supported by the LIFE Programme […]
17. 12. 2020

Pruning of unwanted trees is done from summer to winter

The dog rose, blackthorn, mahaleb cherry, common broom or some prunuses are undoubtedly beautiful trees and shrubs at a glance. However, they sometimes grow in places […]
17. 12. 2020

The OPE has long supported projects in nature and landscape protection

The implementation of measures in protected areas of the Natura 2000 network which aim to maintain or improve the status of local target features, i.e. individual […]
2. 12. 2020

Natural pools return water to the landscape and help fight drought

They are an integral part of Czech nature and thanks to them, every place comes alive as they become home to amphibians and other species, and […]
27. 11. 2020

Project measures in the landscape in 2020

Thanks to the One Nature Project, various landscape measures are being carried out in 2020 – 2024, including mowing, grazing, felling, fencing, pond excavation, etc. You […]
18. 11. 2020

Mowing protects valuable habitats as well as individual plant and animal species

Meadows, pastures and other areas with grasslands are among the most species-rich communities. Most of them were created through the management of deforested land by humans […]
30. 9. 2020

A long-term experiment begins in the forest of the SCI Hodonínská doubrava

On a unique gravel-sand subsoil in the central part of the Dolnomoravský úval (Lower Morava Valley), in the area between Hodonín, Dubňany and Mutěnice, there is […]
14. 7. 2020

In forest nature management, we use almost forgotten measures

Mowing, environment-friendly grazing, tree planting. These are examples of more traditional farming methods which preserve biodiversity or improve the statuses of protected areas and individual protected […]
3. 7. 2020

We have determined the nature conservation workers’ educational needs

There is never enough further education. That applies to experienced workers of the Czech nature conservation authorities, too. That is why the One Nature project is […]