NET4GAS - General Partner of ČSOP
The Czech Republic can boast many beautiful locations. All are homes of rare species of plants and animals and at the same time please the eye and soul of every visitor. Protection of such places and care for them form the core activity of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation (ČSOP). ČSOP strives not only to protect the areas, but also to introduce them to the public in a suitable and sensitive manner, and teach how to behave in them. The best way to the protection does not lead through fences and restrictions, but through the understanding of these precious places, their adoption as something that the municipality or community can pride on.
NET4GAS is historically the first general partner of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation. The purpose of this common project launched in 2007 is to introduce unique natural locations to the public and raise interest in their protection, in particular on the local level. Thanks to the cooperation, local inhabitants and tourists can newly visit five to ten so far inaccessible or difficultly accessible, precious natural areas. The aim of this long-term partnership also lies in the improvement of safety and facilitation of orientation in the given areas through building new natural trails and information systems.
More than forty interesting locations have been made accessible in the past years thanks to the financial support from the NET4GAS Closer to Nature programme. For instance, visitors can get into the centre of marshland or observe fire salamander by the well spring while using paved pavements, footpaths or bridging for access. These are precisely the places that we would like to introduce through this website.
All the locations made accessible have been described for you so that you could visit them anytime. We gradually add new ones, similarly as the public discovers them.
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Specialised field trips
Due to uniqueness of the locations within the NET4GAS Closer to Nature Project, the Czech Union for Nature Conservation together with general partner NET4GAS agreed to support the awareness of the public about these locations.
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01.05.2012
Chlum Quarry
The trip to the former Chlum Quarry, which is a part of extensive cave system Srbské-Netopýří, took place on the 1st May. The location is a significant European wintering site of bats. The event was primarily attended by families with children, altogether approximately 30 persons arrived. Dagmar Zieglerová of BO CUNC Nyctalus led individual groups through the nature trail. Within the Chlum Quarry visit, everyone had an opportunity to see the handicapped bats directly on the spot and find out more interesting facts about their life. In addition to this, the participants, not only the small ones had an opportunity to try rope climbing with belaying. |
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29.04.2012
Zvole Hummock
Almost on the last April day there was a walk to Zvole Hummock to see pasqueflower. As early as at 9.30 the field trip participants met at the railway station in Vrané nad Vltavou, where they were welcomed by Jan Vrtiška of BO CUNC Zvoneček. Altogether eleven visitors spent half a day following the route of local nature trail, across Zvole to Hladomoří. The weather favoured trips in the nature, good humour was omnipresent and last but not least, the participants had an opportunity to see many pasqueflowers. |
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23.04.2012
Chorýň Wetland
At the end of April, on the occasion of Earth Day, the basic school in Choryně organised a cycling trip for children and parents to the location of Choryň Wetland. About 50 guests participated in the event, from small children to pupils of 5th grade. The majority rode on bikes from Choryň alone, or in company of their parents. The cyclists were accompanied to the location by Miroslav Dvorský of the 1st BO CUNC Valašské Meziříčí, who lead the participants through the local nature trail, narrated about Chorýň Wetland, showed them animals and plants. Many children also painted the wetland, participating in the "I'm closer to Nature!" competition. |
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14.03.2012
Medník
As to the end of March there was the first series of field trips for 2012 - the trip to location Medník. The event took place at the beginning of spring and the date for its realisation was connected to a short period when the rare dogtooth violet blooms. About 30 visitors took part in a walk along the nature trail and owing to Ondřej Vrtiška of BO CUNC Zvoneček, the participants also found out more about other interesting facts related to the location, local plants, zoology and geology. |