Summary of newsmakers of the previous days – 20.-22. 10. 2006

Beroun plans to sell forests

The town will liquidate organization which has managed the forest growth, however, nothing changes for inhabitants. Representatives of the town Beroun decided that at first the town will sell all its 916 hectares of town forests to the state enterprise Lesy of the Czech Republic. The town treasury will get 75 million crowns. Beroun representative approved conditions of the sale at today’s negotiation; they will leave the closure of contract itself to the next municipal council arisen from October elections. Beroun had received forests gradually since 1995 by means of voluntary conveyance from the state and the army. “ From the agreement on the contract conditions and from the law it results that the function of forest will remain preserved”, said the secretary of Beroun Municipal hall Jiří Chalupecký.

Ministers agreed on need of regular dialogue

At their negotiation the Minister of Environment Petr Jan Kalaš and the Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Říman agreed on a need of quality preparation for drawing money from European funds. “A similar dialogue at the highest industry is necessary for quality state administration – it gives a space to look for essential consensus and efficient solution of potential discrepancies. I would like so that these meeting repeats at least once in quarter of year”, said the Minister Kalaš. Both resorts consider the support of renewable energy resources as important – while the Ministry of Environment will support their development above all in towns and villages, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will concentrate on the entrepreneurial sector. They stated that the cooperation of both resorts is necessary also in area of use of old industrial premises (brownfields).

Number of wild-boars is smaller

Outbreak of wild-boars about which farmers complained still last year does not repeat in Vyš kov region this year. Meanwhile hunstsmen reports only small hunts and damages in fields are insignificant. However, maybe the reason is rather less areas of corn popular for wild-boars. “In our hunting district we have until now shot five or six pigs. At present they are not here, because there is not corn anywhere. Places where wild animals have nothing to eat we call hungry fields. Other reason is maybe decrease of number of pieces as well”, said the mayor of Brankovice Josef Hlaváč who is at the same time the chairman of local hunting association Litava. Similar situation is also in other hunting associations. Only three one-year old pigs were shot for example by huntsmen from Vyškov association.

Indonesia wants to banish poultry from residential area due to flu

Indonesian government demonstrates an intention to clean residential areas from all bread poultry in frame of bird flue control. The fight against the flu is still unsuccessful. In Indonesia it is common that households even in apartment house breed domestic birds, especially chickens and ducks in unsatisfactory hygiene conditions. “It is a measure which we have to adopt to free of bird flu. It is urgent and it has to be done as soon as possible”, said Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari today after the gover nment meeting.

Zdroj: Agris, 23.10.2006