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<\/a>Figure 1: Which of the Czech Republic\u00b4s national parks is the oldest, youngest, largest and smallest one?<\/p><\/div>\n
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National Parks versus the NCA as far as finances are concerned<\/strong><\/h2>\nNational parks are contributory organisations, i.e. institutions with a certain degree of their own subjectivity, and this is also one of the main differences from the NCA, whose activities were described in detail in the previous article.\u00a0 Ultimately, this has a significant impact on fundraising and the actual administration of activities in the area. National parks receive financial contributions both from the state and through their own economic activity. The largest share of their own funding comes from timber sales, as national park administrations manage forest land that is owned by the state. These funds are further used to run the administration and manage the national park. In contrast, within the landscape protected areas, the company Forests of the Czech Republic manages in this way, and this state-owned company also uses the financial profit from the sale of timber. The PLA administrations, i.e. the NCA, do not manage the forestry here and therefore do not receive any profit from the sale of timber, however, as the competent NPA, they comment on activities and documents related to (forestry) management, including forest management plans.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Table: National park administrations as nature protection authorities and Natura 2000 network<\/p><\/div>\n
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Finances – an essential prerequisite for fulfilling legal obligations<\/strong><\/h2>\nAre the state-budget contributions and the national parks\u00b4 own economic activity enough to ensure comprehensive management not only of the Natura 2000 network? Unfortunately – as in the case of other entities implementing nature management, the answer is straightforward \u2013 they are not. Operational funding is not sufficient to ensure the management and the parks use available programmes and subsidies. These are mainly Landscape Management Programme, Support for the Restoration of Natural Landscape Functions, OP Environment, or LIFE programmes, which partially compensate the deficit of operational funding and thus ensure sufficient management. The degree of using the individual resources (i.e. the state-budget contribution, own resources or programmes and subsidies) and the redistribution of funds for Natura 2000 vary from one national park to another.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Table: National park administrations as nature protection authorities and Natura 2000 network<\/p><\/div>\n
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