News - Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
25. 11. 2025
Record year: thirty-four pairs of eastern imperial eagles over the Czech Republic
In 2025, a record number of eastern imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca) was confirmed by joint monitoring carried out by the Group for the Protection of and Research on Birds of Prey and Owls at the Czech Ornithological Society and the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic.
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31. 7. 2025
115 European Ground Squirrels Newly Inhabiting Localities Both in Bohemia and Moravia
A total of 115 European ground squirrels from many Czech and foreign partner organizations have been released this summer at 5 different localities. Such activities are part of the Action Plan for this critically endangered rodent species, developed and coordinated by Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic. Implementation of the Action Plan is currently funded mostly by PROSPECTIVE LIFE project.
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31. 7. 2025
Special edition of the Nature Conservation Journal in English
It contains a selection of 14 articles of 2024 that may be of interest to international readers, along with brief summaries of all content published in the journal during the year 2024.
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3. 7. 2025
The first Ukrainian nationwide mapping of species occurrence by the public
From 19 May to 8 June 2025, Ukraine held its first nationwide “bioblitz” – mapping the occurrence of plant and animal species in the wild using the iNaturalist app.
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1. 7. 2025
Soutok PLA – the key is to return water to the landscape
As of today, a government regulation issued in January this year has come into effect, designating 125 km square meters at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers as a Protected Landscape Area (PLA).
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10. 3. 2025
Assisting Ukraine with legal and institutional development in nature conservation
Legal experts of the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ukrainian Environment-People-Law completed the first phase of the enhancement of Ukrainian legal system and approximation to the EU laws on nature conservation.
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11. 2. 2025
How can beavers save government‘s money
A beaver colony in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area in the Czech Republic has gained overnight fame by building several dams.
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20. 1. 2025
The Government of the Czech Republic approved declaring the Soutok Protected Landscape Area
The unique complex of floodplain forests and meadows will be protected throughout the whole area.
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