From 10 to 14 November 2025, I took part in the Regional Youth Workshop on IPBES for Europe and Central Asia at the International Academy for Nature Conservation on the Isle of Vilm, Germany. Hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the workshop brought together early-career participants working on biodiversity, ecosystem services... Continue Reading →
V prostorรกch Akademie vฤd ฤeskรฉ republiky vย Praze uspoลรกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe, ๐) dne 27. kvฤtna 2025 jiลพ ฤtvrtรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby, jeลพ spadรก do aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE Jedna pลรญroda (๐). Cรญlem ฤtvrtรฉho zasedรกnรญ NPES bylo poskytnout aktuรกlnรญ informace o dฤnรญ... Continue Reading →
Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery v projektu Jedna pลรญroda, je pลedstavit zรกkladnรญ informace o Nรกrodnรญ platformฤ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES), kterรก propojuje klรญฤovรฉ aktรฉry v oblasti ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb (ES) a pลรญnosลฏ pลรญrody lidem. Platforma vznikla v roce 2022 jako vรฝstup projektu Jedna pลรญroda a do konce roku 2025 se uskuteฤnรญ... Continue Reading →
Novรฝ vฤdeckรฝ ฤlรกnek publikovanรฝ v ฤasopise Ecosystem Services pod vedenรญm Kena Bagstada, vรฝzkumnรฉho ekonoma z U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), vรฝzkumnรญkลฏ z Ikerbasque na BC3, a dalลกรญch vรฝzkumnรฝch รบstavลฏ vฤetnฤ CzechGlobe, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Nagoya University, VITO remote sensing a mnoha dalลกรญch zdลฏrazลuje nalรฉhavou potลebu lepลกรญ interoperability ve vรฝzkumu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Studie shrnuje poznatky... Continue Reading →
Threats to pollinators and pollination services that support agriculture and provide benefits to people are a worldwide problem. This is recognised by scientists, national or transnational initiatives, and even policies. A team from our department at CzechGlobe has joined a new project that aims to help agriculture to become a positive force for pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination services and co-benefits to ecosystems and people.ย
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Na konci roku 2024 skonฤil vรฝzkumnรฝ projekt programu Prostลedรญ pro ลพivot Technologickรฉ Agentury ฤR, s nรกzvem Vรฝznam a ochrana รบdolnรญch niv jako prostลedรญ pro plnฤnรญ ekostabilizaฤnรญ funkce krajiny (neboli projekt โNIVAโ). V projektu se kromฤ hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch funkcรญ a sluลพeb ลรญฤnรญch niv uskuteฤnilo takรฉ hodnocenรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ, kterรฉ pลineslo zajรญmavรก zjiลกtฤnรญ ohlednฤ... Continue Reading →
Ve dnech 18.-22. listopadu 2024 se vย nizozemskรฉm Wageningenu uskuteฤnila pรกtรก evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) sย podtitulem โEcosystem Services: One Planet, One Healthโ. Tรฉma konference odkazovalo na otรกzku, jak mลฏลพe koncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb ลeลกit vรฝzvy spojenรฉ s naplลovรกnรญm globรกlnรญ vize โJedno zdravรญโ a zรกroveล pลispฤt k transformativnรญm ลeลกenรญm pro udrลพitelnost. Tรฉma zdลฏraznilo vzรกjemnou zรกvislost... Continue Reading →
Vydali jsme novรฝ letรกk zabรฝvajรญcรญ se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery projektu, je pลedstavit tzv. participativnรญ pลรญstup, kterรฝ systematicky zapojuje zainteresovanรฉ strany (jednotlivce, skupiny, instituce) do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Dรญky tomu mohou aktรฉลi napล. sdรญlet mรญstnรญ znalosti, poskytovat zpฤtnou vazbu nebo ovlivลovat... Continue Reading →
Sustainable land use strategies in both urban and rural areas in Europe must be planned to meet biodiversity, climate and human wellbeing in a changing world. The PLUS Change project aims to help achieve this through a series of research activities and participatory workshops in 12 case studies from 11 EU countries. One of these... Continue Reading →
SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital) is a Horizon Europe project with the mission to provide robust practical information and recommendations on ecosystem services to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. SELINA will develop guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of ecosystems. Through... Continue Reading →
This blog post summarises a recently published article Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe by Kim et al. 2024, also co-authored by the Czech Globe team represented by Romana Jungwirth Bลezovskรก, Simeon Vaลo and Alejandrina Viesca-Ramirez. This work is part of the wider activities... Continue Reading →
We have concluded our regular meetings with local actors in the One Nature project case studies with the fourth round of our workshops. The aim of these case studies in the three selected protected areas in Czechia is to identify and evaluate significant natureโs contributions to people and their relationships using the socio-cultural assessment method.... Continue Reading →
In January 2024 a workshop on Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) was held at the Czech Statistical Office as part of the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4). The workshop was attended not only by representatives from the V4 countries, but also from Germany and Estonia. At the workshop, country representatives exchanged information on the... Continue Reading →
The Golf Vinoล Citizen Science Project is slowly approaching its end. This blog summarises what has happened in the project over the past year and what tasks still lie ahead. First, a reminder: the Golf Vinoล project seeks possible solutions to land use in suburban areas through Citizen Science approaches. In 2022, we used the... Continue Reading →
Projekt Golf Vinoล Citizen Science se pomalu nachyluje ke svรฉmu konci a proto bychom vรกm rรกdi pลinesli informace o tom, co se za poslednรญ rok v projektu udรกlo a jakรฉ รบkoly na nรกs jeลกtฤ ฤekajรญ. Jen pro pลipomenutรญ - projekt Golf Vinoล hledรก moลพnรก ลeลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pลรญmฤstskรฉ krajinฤ pomocรญ pลรญstupลฏ Citizen science. V... Continue Reading →
If we look at nature through the lens of ecosystem services, sooner or later the question comes to mind as to whether some services compete with each other, and if so, how much? Moreover, which services compete with each other in the eyes of e.g. farmers, officials or nature conservationists? In this post we present... Continue Reading →
V termรญnu 2. - 5. 10. 2023 jsme se zรบฤastnili druhรฉho tematickรฉho workshopu projektu SELINA s podtitulem โAdvancing solutionsโ (for mapping, assessment and accounting of ecosystems and their services). Workshop poลรกdala partnerskรก instituce Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ve ลกpanฤlskรฉm Madridu. Projekt SELINA (akronym pro Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAatural capital) je podpoลen... Continue Reading →
In May and June this year, as part of the IP LIFE One Nature project, the third series of participatory seminars was held in selected Natura 2000 locations (Tลeboลsko, Kลivoklรกtsko, Slavkovskรฝ les). One of the objectives of this series of workshops was to find out how different groups of actors (mayors, officials, agricultural and forestry... Continue Reading →
Praha โ V rรกmci aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE pro soustavu Natura 2000 vย ฤR zvanรฉho Jedna pลรญroda uspoลรกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe) dne 13. ฤervna 2023 v prostorรกch Akademie vฤd ฤeskรฉ republiky vย Praze druhรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES). โKoncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb neboli pลรญnosลฏ... Continue Reading →
In the second half of May and at the turn of June, the third series of our participatory workshops took place in three geographical areas of interest (in Tลeboล on 16 May, in Beฤov nad Teplou on 30 May and in Kลivoklรกt on 1 June). The focus of this series was conflicting interests in the... Continue Reading →
Ve ฤtvrtek 27. dubna probฤhla v kinฤ Pลรญtomnost premiรฉra filmu Hodnoty pลรญrody. Film je prvnรญm ucelenรฝm dokumentem, kterรฝ na pลรญkladu ฤeskรฉ krajiny vizuรกlnฤ pลรญvฤtivou formou vysvฤtluje, jakรฉ pลรญnosy ฤili ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby nรกm lidem pลรญroda poskytuje, a proฤ je dลฏleลพitรฉ o nich v ochranฤ pลรญrody i pลi rozhodovรกnรญ o vyuลพitรญ krajiny vฤdฤt. Ukazuje, jak se takovรฉ pลรญnosy mฤลรญ... Continue Reading →
A new paper has been published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications which provides an overview on the use of focus group method in cultural ecosystem services research. The authors provide suggestions for more robust and trustworthy applications of the focus group method, which can advance both research in this field and the implementation of... Continue Reading →
Na konci roku 2022 bylo dokonฤeno ลeลกenรญ projektu TAฤR รTA Hodnocenรญ a mapovรกnรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v krajinฤ, kterรฝ se uskuteฤnil ve tลech modelovรฝch รบzemรญch (Chลiby, Litovelskรฉ Pomoravรญ a Moravskรฝ kras). Pลedchozรญ ฤlรกnek s pลedstavenรญm vรฝzkumu na pลรญkladu modelovรฉho รบzemรญ Chลiby najdete zde. Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (KES) nebo takรฉ nemateriรกlnรญ pลรญnosy pลรญrody lidem jsou pลรญnosy, kterรฉ... Continue Reading →
Research at CzechGlobe does not focus only on the global scale; some of it also deals with local issues that can be tackled using current scientific approaches. One such project is Golf Vinoล Citizen Science, which is looking for possible solutions to land use in suburban landscape using citizen science approaches. The main objectives of... Continue Reading →
Vรฝzkum na pลฏdฤ CzechGlobe se netรฝkรก pouze mฤลรญtek svฤtovรฝch rozmฤrลฏ, ale nฤkterรฉ vรฝzkumy se taktรฉลพ zabรฝvajรญ lokรกlnรญ problematikou, kterรฝ lze ลeลกit souฤasnรฝmi vฤdeckรฝmi pลรญstupy. Jednรญm z takovรฝch projektลฏ je Golf Vinoล Citizen Science, kterรฝ hledรก moลพnรก ลeลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pลรญmฤstskรฉ krajinฤ pomocรญ pลรญstupลฏ Citizen science. Hlavnรญ cรญle projektu jsou rozลกรญลit povฤdomรญ o spoleฤenskovฤdnรญm vรฝzkumu,... Continue Reading →
Cรญlem zลizovรกnรญ velkoploลกnรฝch chrรกnฤnรฝch รบzemรญ je pลedevลกรญm ochrana druhลฏ a stanoviลกลฅ, zรกroveล ale poskytujรญ lidem a spoleฤnosti ลadu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb (pลรญnosลฏ pลรญrody) a umoลพลujรญ chrรกnit krajinnรฝ rรกz a kulturnรญ hodnoty. V ฤR se nachรกzรญ celkem 26 chrรกnฤnรฝch krajinnรฝch oblastรญ (CHKO), kterรฉ pokrรฝvajรญ 14,42 % rozlohy รบzemรญ stรกtu. V rรกmci vรฝzkumnรฉho projektu TAฤR รTA se 20 Sprรกv CHKO... Continue Reading →
Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pลipojujรญ k pลednรญm evropskรฝm vฤdcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ลeลกenรญ pro ลeลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyลletรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pลinese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →
Experts from CzechGlobe are joining leading scientists from across Europe to provide practical and effective solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis. The new four-year project, BIONEXT, funded by the EUโs research and innovation program Horizon Europe, will produce new evidence to demonstrate how biodiversity underpins every aspect of life, including the water we drink,... Continue Reading →
In November, the second series of our participatory workshops (continuing from the first series as part of the One Nature project) took place in the Slavkov Forest, Tลeboล and Kลivoklรกt regions. Once again, we invited representatives from a wide range of disciplines that have impact on the shaping of local nature and landscape. The content... Continue Reading →
Water purification is amongst one of the most cited benefits provided by nature to humans, referred to as ecosystem services. Due to natural groundwater purification, groundwater is usually cleaner than surface water, which is why the drinking water treatment costs of groundwater are lower than surface water. Hence, natural purification of groundwater cuts the treatment... Continue Reading →
Water is commonly treated and discussed as a provisioning service, possibly because water is generally perceived as the product of a basin. However, ecosystems do not create water; they move and modify water flows. An ecosystem's ability to retain water coming from precipitation or melting snow through vegetation canopy storage, infiltration to soil or recharge... Continue Reading →
ลรญฤnรญ niva neboli rovinnรฉ รบdolnรญ dno, kterรฉ vzniklo usazenรญm sedimentลฏ bฤhem povodnรญ pลestupujรญcรญch hranice svรฉho koryta, pลedstavuje specifickรฝ krajinnรฝ typ โ ลรญฤnรญ krajinu โ s nesmรญrnรฝm ekologickรฝm a kulturnรญm vรฝznamem pro spoleฤnost. ลรญฤnรญ krajina poskytuje lidem ลadu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a funkcรญ, zejmรฉna zรกsobovacรญch (jakoลพto loลพisko pลรญrodnรญch zdrojลฏ vฤetnฤ vody a dลeva), regulaฤnรญch (jako napล. zadrลพovรกnรญ a... Continue Reading →
Authors: Kateลina Mรกcovรก, Jitka Kozubkovรก We introduced the topic of ecosystem services to almost sixty people working in nature conservation at two seminars held in Prague and Brno in May (as part of the One Nature project). This was a step forward to greater availability of the concept of assessment of natureโs services and contributions... Continue Reading →
So far, ecosystem service research in grasslands has mainly focused on provisioning services and their economic values; however, calls for plural valuation have become more prominent in recent times. In fact, the inclusion of instrumental, relational and intrinsic values in an assessment of ecosystem services can reveal further reasons by which people express the importance of nature and their ecosystem services. In their paper, Schmitt et al. (2022) analyze the spatial distribution of these values in grasslands.
While instrumental values reflect direct and indirect benefits people can obtain from ecosystem services, intrinsic values represent the ethical rights of nature. In this study, the authors chose to examine โsubjectiveโ intrinsic value, which accounts for the idea that humans can express regard for nature regardless of any potential human interest. Moreover, they explored relational values that represent the manifold relationship humans have with nature or human relations fostered by nature. To accountโฆ
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3.โ9. ฤervence 2022 probฤhne v Bonnu 9. plenรกrnรญ zasedรกnรญ Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤdecko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES). IPBES pลedstavuje โrozhranรญ mezi vฤdou a politikouโ (science-policy interface), tedy platformu, kterรก sdruลพuje politickรฉ zรกstupce jednotlivรฝch zemรญ a odbornรญky na otรกzky biologickรฉ rozmanitosti (biodiverzity), ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a udrลพitelnosti. IPBES... Continue Reading →
Pลรญroda a ekosystรฉmy poskytujรญ lidem ลกirokou ลกkรกlu pลรญnosลฏ, kterรฉ umoลพลujรญ samotnou existenci lidskรฉ spoleฤnosti a jsou podstatnรฉ pro dobrou kvalitu ลพivota. Aลฅ uลพ jde o poskytovรกnรญ potravin, regulaci kvality vody, rekreaฤnรญ zรกลพitky v pลรญrodฤ a mnohรฉ dalลกรญ. Abychom vลกechny pลรญnosy pลรญrody pลedstavili a zviditelnili, vytvoลili jsme informaฤnรญ letรกk, kterรฝ pojednรกvรก o rลฏznรฝch skupinรกch pลรญnosลฏ, materiรกlnรญch,... Continue Reading →
In the second half of April and at the beginning of May, participatory workshops were held in Slavkovskรฝ les, Kลivoklรกt and Tลeboล for invited stakeholders who have the potential to influence the local landscape and nature through their activities in the regions. Representatives of the forestry, fishing, mining and agricultural industries, representatives of...
Zaฤรญnรก pลรญprava hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvy IPBES zamฤลenรฉ na faktory ohroลพujรญcรญ ฤtyลi oblasti, kterรฉ majรญ zรกsadnรญ vliv na kvalitu ลพivota lidรญ: ochrana biodiverzity, produkce potravin, dostupnost vody a lidskรฉ zdravรญ (IPBES Nexus Assessment). Politickรฉ reprezentace vลกech stรกtลฏ se v souฤasnรฉm sloลพitรฉm a globalizovanรฉm svฤtฤ potรฝkajรญ s otรกzkou, jak co nejefektivnฤji zohlednit vฤdeckรก poznรกnรญ v pลipravovanรฝch politickรฝch rozhodnutรญch.... Continue Reading →
Kladskรก nature trail in PLA Slavkovskรฝ les In January 2022 we visited three case study sites where we met with representatives of the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (NCA CR) and thus established key cooperation leading to the smooth running of future activities of the One Nature project in the areas (more broadly... Continue Reading →
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This blog post is based around a research article โAdaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: A trans-disciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelonaโ (de Luca C., Langemeyer J., Vaลo S., Barรณ F., Andersson E., in press, Ecology and Society, 2021) which emerged from the collaborations during the Biodiversa project โENABLE - Enabling Green and... Continue Reading →
Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (KES) pลedstavujรญ pลรญnosy, kterรฉ pลรญroda poskytuje lidem a spoleฤnosti. Dle nฤkterรฝch klasifikaฤnรญch rรกmcลฏ (napล. โPลรญnosy pลรญrody lidemโ dle Dรญaz a kol. 2018) se jim takรฉ ลรญkรก nemateriรกlnรญ pลรญnosy, kterรฉ ฤasto vznikajรญ spolupลฏsobenรญm ฤlovฤka. Snahy o objektivnรญ mฤลenรญ KES komplikuje znaฤnรก mรญra subjektivity jejich vnรญmรกnรญ a takรฉ jejich nemateriรกlnรญ povaha รบzce provรกzanรก s... Continue Reading →
CzechGlobe is one of the organizations that has been participating in the integrated LIFE project "One Nature" for the Natura 2000 system in the Czech Republic since 2019 (LIFE17 IPE / CZ / 000005 LIFE-IP: N2K revisited). The aim of this project is to set up and ensure a more efficient system of care for... Continue Reading →
Projekt Jedna pลรญroda se intenzivnฤ vฤnuje vyuลพitรญ konceptu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v praxi. Naลกe oddฤlenรญ a partneลi z Centra pro otรกzky ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ Univerzity Karlovy (COลฝP UK) uspoลรกdali pro odbornรญky z rลฏznรฝch institucรญ v loลskรฉm a letoลกnรญm roce celkem ลกest participativnรญch seminรกลลฏ o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch neboli pลรญnosech pลรญrody lidem, kterรฉ se kvลฏli vyhlรกลกenรฝm protiepidemickรฝm opatลenรญm vลกechny... Continue Reading →
The impacts of climate change on urban life require response in terms of adaptation planning. We investigated perceptions of and economic preferences for urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) in Prague and found that: (i) increased use of NBS is likely to generate significant economic public value; (ii) people perceive the species diversity of the NBS measures positively; (iii) NBS implemented in...
Many cities around the world have pledged to increase urban tree cover because trees deliver diverse benefits for the climate, the environment and society. Urban trees purify the air, provide refuge for urban biodiversity and protect the passers-by from the sun, for example, which positively impacts urban public spaces. Tree care influences tree health and vitality, which, in turn, determine the level of the benefits provided. However...
As part of one of the project actions focused on the evaluation of socio-economic benefits of the Natura 2000 network, we are currently preparing case studies that will show the usability of the analysis of ecosystem services and of the values โโof natural capital for individual stakeholder groups...
รฤastnรญci/autoลi: Davina Vaฤkรกลovรก, Jan Danฤk, Ivana ลฝรญลพalovรก, Johana Drlรญkovรก, David Stella Ve dnech 7. โ 10. ฤervna 2021 probฤhla v estonskรฉm Tartu v poลadรญ jiลพ tลetรญ evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) s nรกzvem โVฤda o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch, politika a praxe tvรกลรญ v tvรกล globรกlnรญm zmฤnรกmโ. Cรญlem tohoto setkรกnรญ je diskutovat souฤasnรฉ trendy vรฝzkumu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a... Continue Reading →
Cities and large urban areas are major drivers of global environmental change that has negative impacts on human well-being. Consequently, urban areas are one of the most vulnerable to these impacts since they centre a large share of the population and economy. At the same time, urban areas are an important player in shaping policy... Continue Reading →
Uvaลพovat o budoucnosti je pro nรกs nejen zajรญmavรฉ, ale i dลฏleลพitรฉ. Mลฏลพe pro nรกs znamenat mnohรฉ: snรญt, pลemรฝลกlet o pลรกnรญch do budoucna, ujasลovat si myลกlenky, nebo pลipravovat plรกny pro rลฏznรฉ pลรญpady a situace. Jako jednotlivci pro โpลรญbฤhyโ, kterรฉ si pลedstavujeme ohlednฤ budoucnosti, vฤtลกinou nepouลพรญvรกme konkrรฉtnรญ vรฝraz. Uvaลพujeme-li vลกak o moลพnรฉ budoucnosti celรฝch spoleฤenstvรญ nebo spoleฤnostรญ,... Continue Reading →
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