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Forests and Water in the heart of Europe ( Czech Republic )

Forests and Water in the heart of Europe ( Czech Republic ). Czech Republic – the „ Roof of Europe “. Total area: 7.89 m il . hectars. *) 19 540 km – responsibility of the Forests of the Czech Republic , state enterprise. Forests and water interactions.

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Forests and Water in the heart of Europe ( Czech Republic )

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  1. ForestsandWater in theheartofEurope(CzechRepublic)

  2. CzechRepublic – the „RoofofEurope“ Total area: 7.89 mil. hectars *) 19 540 km – responsibilityoftheForestsoftheCzechRepublic , stateenterprise

  3. Forests and water interactions • forests, erosion control and water supply - close relation • forests and water are closely joint but unfortunately only rarely managed in an integrated way.

  4. Forest/water functions research conclusions • Forest functions in water conservation • Hydrologic functions (spontaneous, no-cost effects) • Water management functions (controlled, enhanced or induced effects, labour and capital investment) • Factual definitions of water management functions (quantitative, qualitative, detention, complex)

  5. Forest/water functions research conclusions • Basic types of forests with respect to water management and its location • Forests in the protection zones of water sources (complex function, 10% of forests) • Forests in the Protected areas of groundwater accumulation (detention function, 16% of forests) • Methods of forest management in these types • Costs of water management functions (approx. 1 bill. CZK/year – 1995 price-level) • Value of environmental forest functions incl. hydrologic function

  6. Forestlegislation /water • Act No. 116/1884 i.c. – Stateameliorationfund – incl. torrentcontrol • Forest Act 166/1960 Coll – torrent control • Forest Act 61/1977Coll • Forest Act 289/1995 Coll – torrent control, non-productive functions • National Forest Programme (NFP II for the period until 2013) „…to develop coherence between forest and water management policies….to develop and introduce innovative tools such as PES or other measures to ensure water management services provided by forests.“

  7. Torrent control - an example of the oldest forest service • Torrent control represents an example of the public beneficial service of state to protect cultural landscape since the end of 19th century (Act No. 117/1884 i.c.). • Since 1884 approximately 1300 km of torrents have been regulated 1906 2006

  8. Smallcomparison

  9. Forestandwater in theheartofEurope http:// www.uhul.cz/mezinarodni_aktivity/ke_stazeni.php

  10. Thank you for your attention Jaroslav Kubišta kubista.jaroslav@uhul.cz

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