European WILDLIFE

The European Serengeti, the large-herbivore reserve, has made another important step towards its zero-emission functioning. An electric vehicle designed for work in tough off-road conditions began serving the conservationists today to take care of vast expanses of naturally valuable territory, to maintain it and to conduct regular inspections.

“The advantage of an electric vehicle is its quiet operation, which does not disturb animals, and mainly its zero emissions. So, the normal running of the reserve …

The large herbivore reserve, located near Prague, has included a battery-powered brush cutter in its equipment. This marks a significant step forward in the transition to emission-free, battery-powered technology.

“We’ve been buying only battery-powered tools and equipment for several years now. It’s a key step for us to be able to change over to zero-emission operation within the next two years. So far, it has been rather minor equipment such as drills, plant trimmers and …

Nature conservation through the grazing of large herbivores was one of the topics discussed at the international Eurosite conference, which took place from Monday to Wednesday in Durham, England. The conservation organisation European Wildlife presented its successful project of rescuing and restoring biological diversity in the former military training area of Milovice near Prague.

“We’re delighted to have been invited to this conference. We had the opportunity to present the grazing of large herbivores at …

The prestigious E.ON Energy Globe award was presented yesterday to the large herbivore reserve, situated on former military training area  in Milovice, near Prague. The CEO of E.ON Group Czech Republic, Claudia Viohl, presented the award to Dalibor Dostal, the director of European Wildlife, a nature conservation organisation which founded the reserve via its local branche in collaboration with scientists in 2015.

During the Brno Ecofestival, where yesterday’s award ceremony took place, the reserve was …

The black locust is one of the most troublesome invasive woody plants threatening European nature, and therefore conservationists started removing this non-native species this summer in an area of 350 hectares of the large herbivore reserve referred to as European Serengeti. It is located in the former military training area of Milovice near Prague.

“The spread of non-native species is one of the greatest current challenges in nature conservation. Therefore, the utmost attention should be …