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This webpage serves as the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Czech Republic.
There are 26 Protected Landscape Areas (IUCN Category V) and 4 National Parks (Category II) in the Czech Republic, and hundreds of small scale protected areas of different categories.
The Nature Conservation Journal was established in 1946. The journal deals with nature conservation and landscape protection in a broader context.
Recovery Programme Launched
Read more AboutStone Crayfish Species Action PlanThe 31st meeting of the International School for Nature Conservation in Karst Areas was held in Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area in May 2024. Around thirty participants from Czechia, Poland and Slovakia discussed specific issues related to protection of nature in karst areas.
Read more AboutInternational School for Nature Conservation in Karst AreasConference on biodiversity and transport and energy infrastructure Biodiversity in the Headlight of Future Transport.
Read more AboutConnectivity and Future Development of Transport and Energy InfrastructureWhite Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Czech Karst Protected Landscape Area have got a new visitor centers.
Read more AboutNew visitor centers open in 2024