The importance of vulnerable areas with potential tourism development: a case study of the Bohemian forest and South Bohemia tourism regions

Navrátil, Josef; Lesjak, Miha; Pícha, Kamil; Martinát, Stanislav; Navrátilová, Jana; Gilliam, Vivian L. White Baravalle; Knotek, Jaroslav; Kučera, Tomáš; Švec, Roman; Balounová, Zuzana; Rajchard, Josef

doi:10.3986/ags54108

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“…Most of the area is a part of the Protected Landscape Area named Třeboňsko (Navrátil et al. ) established in 1979 with an area of 700 km 2 . Before this, Třeboňsko had been declared as a Biosphere Reserve in the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1977.…”

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Convergence and impoverishment of fen communities in a eutrophicated agricultural landscape of the Czech Republic

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Applied Vegetation Science

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Abbreviations EUNIS = European Nature Information System; PERMDISP = Test of homogeneity of dispersion; RMANOVA = Analysis of variance for dependent samples; RMSEP = Root meansquared error of prediction. Nomenclature Ku cera et al. (2012) for bryophytes; Danihelka et al. (2012) for vascular plants; Chytr y (2012) for plant communities AbstractQuestions: On-going rapid loss of fen biodiversity in Central Europe is well known, but rigorous testing of this is complicated. We compared historical and present-day vegetation plot records from a cultural landscape rich in fishponds, where recent eutrophication and water table manipulations threaten the unique fen diversity. We assess species composition change over the last 50 yr.Location: T rebo n Basin, Czech Republic.Methods: First, we revisited historical vegetation plots to collect present-day data and then identified the most similar present-day record (the present-day counterpart) because no permanent plots were available. Second, we inferred water level, pH and conductivity (a proxy of mineral richness) using a training set of present-day field measurements, and calculated Ellenberg indicator values. Then we applied modified TWINSPAN classification, CCA, PERMANOVA, PERMDISP and RMANOVA in order to test changes in the species composition, b-diversity and environmental conditions between the historical records and their present-day counterparts.Results: Fen vegetation has persisted on half of the sites. Out of four vegetation types, poor fens and especially flooded fens were over-represented in the present-day subset, while rich fens and quaking fens were under-represented. Overall species composition differed between historical plots and their presentday counterparts, even within individual vegetation types. Historical rich fens showed significantly higher b-diversity than their present-day counterparts, which predominantly represent flooded fens. Inferred water level and its fluctuation, Ellenberg moisture and nutrient values have increased, while inferred pH, conductivity and Ellenberg light value have decreased. Conclusions:The historically wide array of fen vegetation has turned into a homogeneous and floristically depauperate set of acidic yet productive flooded fens with a high water level. Rich and quaking fens that were both low in nutrient availability and had a stable water level near the moss layer experienced a large and substantial reduction and have become rare in the landscape. Eutrophication combined with a lack of management has resulted in fen species persisting only in flooded fens. However, fluctuating water levels and high nutrient availability in flooded fens favour productive Sphagnum fens over the other vegetation types, and, importantly, do not support some endangered fen species.

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Convergence and impoverishment of fen communities in a eutrophicated agricultural landscape of the Czech Republic

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Applied Vegetation Science

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“…Consequently, the process of forward selection was repeated. The model was assessed based on partial regression graphs and partial residual graphs, and the method was assessed by means of the F-test of importance of a regression model and Adjusted R 2 (Meloun and Militký [62], Navrátil et al [63]). …”

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Where AD plants wildly grow: The spatio-temporal diffusion of agricultural biogas production in the Czech Republic

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There is fundamental agreement about the environmental benefits of renewable energy technologies, but unintended consequences arising from their deployment are frequent sources of conflicts. The Czech Republic has committed itself to supply 13.5% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020. High state incentives for renewable energies have been provided to achieve this target, however critical questions can be asked about the appropriateness of the design of the supporting frameworks which caused a boom in photo-voltaic (PV) installations on agricultural land, as well as a boom in the installation of agricultural anaerobic digestion (AD) plants fueled by dedicated energy crops. This paper analyses the diffusion of agricultural AD plants in the Czech Republic, focusing especially on locational characteristics in relation to the quality of agricultural land, agricultural and population census data. Statistical analysis of those spatial datasets show that agricultural AD plants are mostly located in less favourable agricultural areas, in regions having recently experienced a reduction in cattle breeding, and in regions with significant increases of sowing areas of green maize. These findings suggests shortcomings in the supporting policy for AD plants in the Czech Republic, resulting in unintended environmental consequences, and missed opportunities to enhance energy self-sufficiency and resilience in the countryside.

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“…Nevertheless, other areas are also in a similar situation (Havrlant, 2001;Havrlant, 2010;Foret and Klusacek, 2011). It has been shown that large-area protected territories represent a major concentration of accommodation facilities in the observed area and environment of the protected areas are the threatened ones, as intensively studied by Navrátil et al (2013Navrátil et al ( , 2014.…”

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The protected areas: are they still in the ‘pleasure periphery’ or are they destinations for sustainable tourism activities?

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The protected natural areas play an important role in recreation. This paper discusses the issue of recreational activities in these areas. The National Park and Protected Landscape Areas in the southern part of the Czech Republic were selected for the purposes of illustration. It has been revealed that relaxation is the most important activity among tourists in the large-area protected natural territories, according to a recent survey of 1,500 participants. Entertainment is the second most important activity. Recreational sport activities (such as swimming, tennis, etc.) are respectively in the third and fourth places. We can talk about the large-area protected natural reservations as destinations for “nature-based tourism”, whose prerequisite is the existence of a pristine natural environment, which is primarily bound to protected natural areas in today’s world, and it is not for sustainable tourism. According to the participation in recreation activities, four segments of demand have been identified in visits to these large-area protected natural territories: (1) passive visitors, (2) visitors focused on exploring but not participating in any physical activity, (3) active visitors with a dominant interest in bicycle touring, and (4) active visitors with a dominant interest in history.

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The importance of vulnerable areas with potential tourism development: a case study of the Bohemian forest and South Bohemia tourism regions

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Convergence and impoverishment of fen communities in a eutrophicated agricultural landscape of the Czech Republic

Convergence and impoverishment of fen communities in a eutrophicated agricultural landscape of the Czech Republic

Where AD plants wildly grow: The spatio-temporal diffusion of agricultural biogas production in the Czech Republic

The protected areas: are they still in the ‘pleasure periphery’ or are they destinations for sustainable tourism activities?

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