Summary of newsmakers from the previous days 12.8-14.8.2005

Chief magistrate of High Tatras Mokoš: Nobody wants to devastate Tatras

Development of tourism in High Tatra mountains have to continue despite of the last year’s November windstorm and recent fire, which affected Tatra’s forests, says the chief magistrate of High Tatras Ján Mokoš. According to him much work was successfully done in nine months from windstorm in Tatras in reneval of damaged area, nevertheless, arguments of conservationists and entrepreneurs in the area of tourism can harm the renewal process. “Nobody – conservationists, entrepreneurs, nor local inhabitants – wants to devastate High Tatra. However, it is necessary to find out a common way in planning of this area future, which beside a function of conservation should fulfill also a treatment and recreational functions”, said Mokoš today at an action called Tatra meeting organized by the town High Tatras and the State forest of Tatra national park in Tatranská Lomnice.

Reuters: Animal migration shows climatic changes

Salmons prance in arctic seas, grasshoppers infest areas in northern Italy and two bird kinds which love warm weather and eat bees settled in the British Isles. They are marks of climatic changes, or only specialities of this summer, asks Alister Doyle in his text. Some kinds of warblers move from the United States upward in Canada and toucans in Costa Rica shift higher in mountains due to an average temperatures increase. Norwegian fishermen were shocked in July when they fish up a dory which usually lives only in warm water in south of Europe or near Africa coasts. “We have a long list of migrating species which moves to the north. It is an evidence of increasing temperature in the Earth”, says Steve Sawyer, the chief of climate policy of Greenpeace.

KRNAP will get money for promotion from the EU

The administration of Krkonoše national park (KRNAP) will get 1,3 million crowns from EU funds for a campaign promoting Krkonoše. A project partner is the Polish Krkonoše national park which will share in a preparation and translations. A year-long promotion campaign includes publication of leaflets, informative booklets, tourist guides, CD and DVD presentations and a multimedia CD-ROM. It should draw the attention to tourist matters of interest in Czech and Polish sides and attract tourists in the highest Czech mountains.

This year’s harvest of cereals in Poland will reach 26, 728 million tons

A representative of the Polish cereal chamber Bogdan Judzinski informed the public that this year’s harvest of cereals including corn will reach 26, 728 mil. tons which is less then last year’s record result 29,6 mil.t. He said that a domestic consumption for food purposes, feed and seed in the season 2005/06 will be about 27,5 mil. tons, so that with drawing reserves from last years a balance of supply and demand would be leveled. Production of rape seed 1,213 mil. t. will be also less in comparison with a record 1,6 mil. t. in 2004. The reason is lower hectare yields and further a bit later sowing comparing last season and occasional frosts in the spring.