Czech Republic – Česká Republika

Czech Republic

Carpathian montane conifer forests ecoregion (Temperate coniferous forest biome)

Frélichová J, Vačkář D, Pártl A, Loučková B, Harmáčková ZV, Lorencová E. Integrated assessment of ecosystem services in the Czech Republic. Ecosystem Services. 2014 Jun

Central European mixed forests ecoregion (Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome)(Palearctic realm)

Pannonian mixed forests ecoregion (temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome) (Palearctic realm)

Demeter L, Bede-Fazekas Á, Molnár Z, Csicsek G, Ortmann-Ajkai A, Varga A, Molnár Á, Horváth F. The legacy of management approaches and abandonment on old-growth attributes in hardwood floodplain forests in the Pannonian Ecoregion. European Journal of Forest Research. 2020 Mar

Western European broadleaf forests ecoregion (temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome) (Palearctic realm)

Wan JZ, Wang CJ, Yu FH. Large-scale environmental niche variation between clonal and non-clonal plant species: Roles of clonal growth organs and ecoregions. Science of The Total Environment. 2019 Feb

Wolves (Canis lupus) are recolonising large swathes of their former European territories after a lengthy absence. This expanding distribution brings wolves to areas of naïve human communities, inflating risks to human-wildlife coexistence. As such, understanding public attitudes and perspectives to wolf return is central to supporting human-wildlife coexistence. Wolves returned to Germany in 2000 and sporadically to Czech Republic in the 1990s, but only few studies have assessed public attitudes. No research from a protected area visitor perspective has been conducted in Europe, despite their importance for outdoor recreation and nature conservation. We conducted face-to-face surveys of visitors, administered by enumerators during 2018–2019 (n = 869) in the Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks, which form a transboundary protected area along the German-Czech border, where the first wolves re-established in 2015. Primarily, we applied aspects of attitude theory, focusing on the components of attitudes (ABC Model of Attitudes) to examine support for wolves from national park visitors (locally and nationally) and if the visitors’ attitudes towards wolves differ. We found substantial support for wolves recolonising Germany and Czech Republic (84.5 %), and agreement that wolves belong in these national parks (89.6 %). Attitudes varied most by country of residence, with Czech visitors more supportive than Germans. Transboundary management which recognises the human dimensions of large carnivore conservation is crucial to supporting coexistence. We highlight the importance of understanding the diverse sociocultural backgrounds across Europe which may influence attitudes towards wolves, and nature conservation areas to support long-term transboundary management policies, coexistence goals, and education.