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Biodiversity and Forests in National Parks
Hédl, Radim ; Svátek, M.
This paper analyses definitions of national park according to international (IUCN) and national (Czech) legislative. It concludes that there is considerable variability and that no universaly valid views are possible. Concerning the Czech National parks, the current tendency towards large unmanaged areas called wilderness is discussed. The conclusion is that despite of it usefulness, wilderness should be only one of the management strategies in order to maintain biodiversity, which is the principal purpose of existience a national park.
Forest biodiversity of the Czech National Parks: How to fulfil the primary purpose of the NPs in the present situation
Hédl, Radim ; Svátek, M.
Biodiversity conservation is one of the primary purposes of the existence of the National Parks, following the IUCN criteria. Management of the Czech NPs faces two main challenges: changing concepts of protected areas and global climatic change. The former concerns an active management on the one hand, and designation of relatively large areas for the wilderness on the other hand. Both approaches must co-exist. The paper then summarizes common and distinct features of the biodiversity in the Czech NPs and stresses the international obligation to halt the biodiversity loss.

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