Homepage - Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic

This webpage serves as the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Czech Republic.

National Parks and Protected Landscape Areas

There are 27 Protected Landscape Areas (IUCN Category V) and 4 National Parks (Category II) in the Czech Republic, and hundreds of small scale protected areas of different categories.

Nature Conservation Journal

The Nature Conservation Journal was established in 1946. The journal deals with nature conservation and landscape protection in a broader context.

Read the journal

News

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.

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.

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.

Sunrise in Soutok PLA, author: Jan Miklín

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 km2 at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers as a Protected Landscape Area (PLA).

All news