Příští číslo vyjde 26. 8. 2014 ročník 71 číslo 2 2016 cena 39 Kč 2020 Czech Nature Conservation The unique Elbe Canyon Black Grouse in the Krkonoše Mts Šumava National Park Bird Migration Monitoring 60 Years of State Nature Conservation Kaziranga National Park Ochrana přírody • Czech Nature Conservation 2020 Ochrana přírody/The Nature Conservation Journal Preface 3 Nature Conservation Legislation to the present. The journal has always and communication with, education of and Tree veteranisation, pollarding and girdling vs tree conservation.......29 been aiming at professional and voluntary awareness among the general public and Contents Pavel Pešout, Jan Šíma, Linda Stuchlíková nature conservationists and at the general the target groups. Further, the journal re- Preface Influence of Fireworks on Birds ........................................................ 34 public interested in natural and landscape gularly provides possibilities to exchange František Pelc .........................................................................................3 Pavel Jaška, Jiří Sikora, Věra Sychrová heritage conservation and management. experience from international nature con- servation. In this issue in English, we pre- On Nature in the Czech Republic Of course, meantime the world has chan- sent the selected articles from the 2019 Albis – White River: The Elbe ged beyond recognition. Nature con- volume, reflecting the current topics in as a Central European phenomenon ..................................................4 servation has become a sophisticated our branch. Special attention has been, Handrij Härtel branch of human activities with a strong is and will be paid to biological diversity position in public administration, non-profit conservation and management, protected sector, science, research and technologi- area management and landscape integrity cal development as well as in the human including water regime in relation to clima- Research, Surveys and Data Management society generally. That all, unfortunately te change. with something of a delay, reflects a hu- Records of Animals Admitted to the National Network man society´s response to increasing de- For Czech readers, the Ochrana přírody/ of Rescue Stations and What They Can Tell Us ............................. 39 gradation and destruction of nature and Nature Conservation Journal is issued Petr N. Stýblo the landscape surrounding us. In addition, six times a year with English summaries Dirt roads – biodiversity islets within an agricultural the Czech Republic also went through a of main articles. On the webpage desert on the example of forty-year experiment to build socialism www.casopis.nature.cz, all the articles from Pálava Protected Landscape Area ......................................................8 where individual´s freedom and democracy this and each issue are available in the di- Pavel Dedek were absent while on the other hand, the gital and pdf format free of charge. In ad- Dear friends, landscape was massively damaged and dition to the Nature Conservation Agency Will black grouse survive in the Krkonoše Mts until 2040? ..........12 destroyed. Despite all the positive changes of the Czech Republic and the Cave Admi- Jiří Flousek Allow us to introduce to you the Ochrana in the Czech Republic´s nature conservati- nistration of the Czech Republic, publishing přírody/Nature Conservation Journal, ha- on institutional framework since the Velvet the journal is also supported by all the four Červenohorské sedlo mountain pass: the History and Present ving been issued in the Czech Republic Revolution in 1989, there have been a lot of Czech National Park Administrations. of Watching (not only) Bird Migration in our Mountains ............... 45 more than three quarters of a century. This problems to be solved yet and at the same Radek K. Lučan, Anna Lučanová, Martin Vavřík is because the first issue appeared during some difficulties have newly emerged. František Pelc, a post-World War II euphoria already in Director, Monitoring of Alpine Bells in the Macocha Abyss ......................... 50 1946. The journal has experienced a lot of Similarly to the whole nature conservation Nature Conservation Agency Karin Hustáková, Bohuslav Koutecký, Zdeněk Musil changes both in the formal and factual for- in the Czech Republic, the professional of the Czech Republic Sixty Years of History of State Nature Conservation mat since that time and it was issued most- journal is by the content based on four Chairman, Nature & Landscape Management Organisations in the Czech Republic ............................................... 54 ly six or ten times a year. Surprisingly, many pillars, namely knowledge provided by Ochrana přírody/Nature Conservation Has a feasibility study on the Danube-Oder-Elbe Pavel Pešout principal bases have been maintained science, legal provisions, economic tools Journal Editorial Board Canal really been performed? ........................................................... 17 Petr Havel Ochrana přírody/The Nature Conservation Journal Administration, the Podyjí/Thaya River Basin Editorial Office Address: Orders from abroad are disposed by the Nature Update of the Strategy State Nature Conservancy of the Czech National Park Administration and the České Kaplanova 1931/1, CZ – 148 00 Praha 11 – Chodov, Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, for Unblocking the Czech River Network .........................................21 Republic Journal Švýcarsko/Bohemian Switzerland National Czech Republic phone +420 283 069 127, [email protected] Volume 75 Park Administration phone +420 283 069 247, +420 283 069 111, Zdeněk Vogl Special issue: Anthology of Articles from Vol. 74 (2019) fax +420 283 069 247 Lay-out and typesetting: Jan Mastný Price: CZK 49 (EUR 1.8) Translation into English: [email protected] Printed by Tiskárna Unipress, Ltd. Where is Šumava National Park heading? ...................................... 25 Alan Leath, Jan W. Jongepier, Jan Plesník www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz © Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech www.nature.cz This issue was issued on March 25th, 2020 Pavel Hubený, Martin Starý, Pavla Čížková Republic, 2020. All rights reserved. Suggested citation of the individual articles: Whole issues including references to the articles Focusing on the Public No part of the journal may be reproduced, Härtel H. (2020): Albis – White River: The Elbe On behalf of the publisher, distribution for are available in open access on distributed or utilized in any form or by any as a Central European phenomenon. Ochrana subscribers in the Czech Republic is carried www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz The Elbe Canyon – Inspiration for Romantic Painters means, electronic or mechanical, without the přírody/Nature Conserv. J. 75, suppl.: 4-7. out by the Send Ltd. 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Ve Žlíbku 1800/77, A3 Hall, CZ-93 00 Praha 9, ISSN 1210-258X Czech Republic; Zdeněk Patzelt Registered by the Ministry of Culture of the Editor in Chief: Zdeněk Patzelt phone +420 225 985 235, Czech Republic Prague (Register No. E 6001) cellular phone +420 777 728 757 International Nature Conservation Published by the Nature Conservation Agency Editorial Board: Libor Ambrozek ● Jiří Bašta [email protected], www.send.cz of the Czech Republic, Kaplanova 1931/1, CZ – ● Vladimír Bejček. ● Karel Drbal ● Svatava Kaziranga National Park – a Little Miracle in Overcrowded India........ 64 148 00 Praha 4 – Chodov, Czech Republic and Havelková ● Michael Hošek ● Jakub Hruška František Pelc, Vladimír Bejček the Cave Administration of the Czech Republic, ● Karel Chobot ● Ladislav Miko ● Svatomír Květnové nám. 3, CZ – 252 43 Průhonice, Mlčoch ● Jan Moravec ● František Pelc Summary Czech Republic, supported by the Krkonoše/ (Chairman) ● Pavel Pešout ● Jan Plesník Giant Mts. National Park Administration, the ● František Pojer ● Martin Starý ● Jakub Cover Photo: The unique Elbe Canyon. Photo Zdeněk Patzelt Summary of 2019 issues ................................................................................ 70 Šumava/Bohemian Forest Mts. National Park Šafránek ● Martin Škorpík ● Karolína Šůlová 4 On Nature in the Czech Republic Ochrana přírody/The Nature Conservation Journal Ochrana přírody/The Nature Conservation Journal On Nature in the Czech Republic 5 the water level falls. In some places, such Albis – White River: as between Torgau and Coswig (Anhalt), it has dropped two metres, and this deep erosion is observed further and further The Elbe as a Central European phenomenon downstream. This poses a major threat to the floodplain forests and is also a pro- blem for the agriculture in the German Handrij Härtel segment. Despite these adjustments, the greatest The Romans called the Elbe Albis, White River, apparently for water has flowed through the Elbe river and it has significan- natural value of this segment, consisting in its extensive light-coloured sand beaches in which the river tly altered in many places. In the Central European context, the absence of cross barriers in the flow, could freely change its flow at the time. Since then, a lot of however, the Elbe is still considered an exceptional river. has been preserved, retaining migration conditions and near-natural river dyna- mics. This situation is determined, just as in a range of similar cases (e.g. the unique nature of military grounds), by a historical though the Czech