1. Military training areas and Natura 2000 in Czechia Mojmir Vlasin Veronica Czech Union for Nature Conservation

2. Act 114/1992 Sb. (Nature conservation act) last amended 2004 described a duty of establishing Natura 2000 listed authorities in the field of nature conservancy among them you can find „military area administration“ (also parish, NP, PLA, MoE )

4. Military training areas  We have 2 abandoned previous Soviet army military training areas (MTA) but both are now under civil authority. §There are now 5 existing MTA in CR (excluding those, which are very small like shutting ranches etc) §Three of them (!) are proposed SPA for Natura 2000 network.

5. But..... §But for all of them are plans for ski resorts etc. - which are able to destroyed and eat away nature value. §Especially MTA ( and SPA) Boletice is really endangered by activities of South- bohemian region (land). Hetman (marshal) Zahradnik is really aggrieved to changing MTA to the ski resort.

6. But, but....  MTA Doupovské hory is a special case : in the first moment it looks that flash out a big conflict between army and nature conservancy. But on the end army accepted all limitations and agreed with SPA as a part of Natura 2000.

7. Management plans §For this mentioned 3 MTA/SPA are management plans in preparation. See www.natura2000.cz (Boletice, Doupovské hory and Libava)

8. Who is the best care taker ? § insted : set a wolf to keep sheep §we have : set a goat to be gardener §Zahradník mean gardener §we have also : wherever enter the army- ten years no grass burgeoned Is this gospel true ?

9. Bird directive §not very strict §high level of knowledge §focus on birds only §understedable for gener public (who knows Trichomanes speciosum capillaceus moss, who nows white stork )

10. SPA and existing PLA + NP

11. Circus pygargus

12. SPA– Doupovské hory

13. List of bird species for Doupovské hory §Picus canus §Dryocopus martius §Ciconia nigra §Bubo bubo §Pernis apivorus §Circus aeruginosus §Crex crex §Caprimulgus auropaeus §Sylvia nisoria §Ficedula parva §Lanius collurio

14. Habitat directive

15. Habitat mapping

16. Bombina bombina

17. What is inside MTR from the point of view od HD rare species rare habitats rare special living creatures (e.g. smart soldiers)

18. How the Natura 2000 could be beneficial for army PR for army and MoD donation from the state + EU better nature conservancy co-operation bridge with civil sector

19. Management principles in MTA §minimize site efect of machinery and guns §clear old environmental polution §continue the tradintional miltiary use (at least partly) §set measures for special species and/or habitats §let´s have natural succesion

20. Thanks for atention