WCC 2016 Res 034 - Activity Report

Discussion between WCPA RVC and WCPA members in Czech republic in Septmeber 2016 on the implementation of the IUCN standards for category II „national parks“ in Prague.
It was agreed that activities will be coordinated again when the new management plan will b eunder preparation and in phase of approval.

Several meetings between the representatives of the Czech Ministry for Environment and WCPA Global and RVC Eurpe Chair and IUCN GPAP director took place after the WCC,
aiming at explanation of the IUCN PA standards.
In April 2017, the Czech Parliament approved the new rules for Czech national parks, which was proposed by the Ministry of Environment as a part of broader Nature and
Landscape Protection Act: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1992-114#cast3. This new law states for the first time that national parks should primarily protect
basically undisturbed natural processes on more than one half of their area as its long term goal. The main task for the Šumava NP now is the preparation of
new zonation and management plan according to the new rules in the act.