Better condition for Wilderness in Czech Republic!
The Czech Parliament recently approved new rules and conditions for National Parks, inproving the conditions for more Wilderness!
On the 4th of April representatives of the Czech Parliament over-voted the veto of the President of the Czech Republic and approved the new law and confirmed the importance of Wilderness and soft tourism.
According to this law the main mission of National Parks is now the protection of wild nature – Wilderness at the size of more than half of the National Parks total area. The new law however is missing a definitive time schedule and the minimum size of Wilderness. This is a threat that potential important Wilderness can also lose its protection, just to fit to the request that Wilderness will be covering more that half of the park territory.
To identify Wilderness in National Parks is the task of theย Ministry of Environment and Parks Directors. Their task is first of all to develop principles and rules for zoning and management. Outcome of this work will beย areas allocated for the Wilderness.
The new law was widely supported by number of Czech and international personalities, hundreds of scientists and many international nature conservation organisations, including our friends from Hnuta Duha, Wild Europeย and obviously by the European Wilderness Society.
The new rules means an improvement of nature conservation andย particularly Wilderness. Largeย areas of each National Park will be allocated to Wilderness and in the sameย moment thisย areas will not be excluded forย people wishing toย experience rare Wilderness. ย The new lawย however is not saying when this should be done, in 5 years or in 100 years? Minister and parkย directors now have to set up as soon as possible a timescale for this process – Wilderness andย careful tourism…
saidย Jiลรญ Koลพelouh, Programme Director of non-profitย organisationย Hnutรญ DUHA.
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