Public Awareness
Ostrava’s forest and parks management company (Ostravské městské lesy a zeleň, s.r.o.) runs a special educational centre called the Forest School, which aims to raise… Read »
Public Awareness
One of the areas that the Ostrava City Museum explores is the natural history of the area where Ostrava now stands. The museum’s permanent natural… Read »
Public Awareness
The mission of a modern zoo is to help preserve biodiversity not only by breeding endangered species in captivity, under human care and supervision, but… Read »
The vegetation of Ostrava’s slag-heaps
The vegetation on old slag-heaps (mining waste dump sites) differs between the recultivated flat ground and the sloping sides of the original spoil tip. The… Read »
Non-governmental organization
In 2009–2011 a programme was implemented (by local towns and cities including Ostrava) to remove an invasive plant species (Reynoutria sp.) from the Odra valley;… Read »
Nature trails
Valuable sites of natural interest (including protected areas) are made accessible to the public via nature trails. Trail locations include Proskovice in the PLA Poodří… Read »
Historic trees
Historic trees are a legally designated and protected category of landscape feature; they are trees (or groups or avenues of trees) that the nature conservation… Read »
Important landscape features
These are features of the landscape with particular ecological, geomorphological or aesthetic value, which help to give the landscape its special character or maintain its… Read »
Specially Protected Areas
(Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast) Extensive areas with a harmoniously composed landscape characterized by well-developed relief, a large proportion of natural ecosystems (forest or permanent grassland)… Read »