Browsing by Author "Prazan, Jaroslav"

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Institutional Options for the Conservation of Biodiversity: Evidence from the Czech Republic
(2004) Ratinger, Tomás; Krumalova, Veronika; Prazan, Jaroslav
"The paper focuses on changes in property rights and policies regarding interactions between agriculture and nature in the Czech Republic. In the first part the recent situation is reviewed. The institutional and organisational features and their development during the transition and recent years are illustrated by the case study on the White Carpathian protected landscape area. The key issue in conservation in the White Carpathians (as in the number of other marginal areas) is to maintain grassland management at large scale. While environmental policy lacks measures for maintaining grassland management, respective incentives were launched in the frame of agricultural policy, although they do not sufficiently consider environmental concerns. There are two other problem areas hampering efficient organisation of conservation: uncompleted land reform and little involvement of local population in determining conservation priorities. In the second part, the paper examines three policy options for enhancing sustainability of landscape and biodiversity on farmland. The proposed policy options each reflect the identified problems in the White Carpathian case study."
Institutional Options for the Conservation of Biodiversity: Evidence from the Czech Republic
(2003) Ratinger, Tomás; Krumalova, Veronika; Prazan, Jaroslav
"The paper concentrates on changes in property rights and policies surrounding interaction between agriculture and nature in the Czech republic. In the first part the recent situation is reviewed. The institutional and organisational features and their development during the transition and recent years are illustrated on the case study on the White Carpathian protected landscape area. The key point in conservation in the White Carpathians (as in the number of other marginal areas) is to maintain grassland management in large scale. While environmental policy lacks measures for maintaining grassland management, the agricultural policy launched respective incentives, however, without sufficient environmental concern. There are two other problem areas hampering efficient organisation of conservation: outstanding land reform problems and little involvement of local population in determining conservation priorities. "In the second part, the paper examines three policy options for enhancing sustainability of the organisation of the provision of landscape and biodiversity on farmland. The policy options are proposed each reflecting the identified problems in the White Carpathian case study."
The Role of Agri-Environmental Contracts in Saving Biodiversity in the Post-Socialist Czech Republic
(2014) Prazan, Jaroslav; Theesfeld, Insa
"Agri-Environmental Schemes are a voluntary policy measure of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Since 2004, these have been implemented in the post-socialist new Member States. Agri-Environmental Schemes could help to achieve a higher level of biodiversity in protected landscapes. In particular, we analyse whether such types of contract between farmers and state organisations represent a useful tool in the protection of shared natural resources, such as biodiversity. We analyse the determinants that allow for such a policy to be implemented more successfully. In addition, the administrative structure of such a policy measure is very complex since responsibilities overlap among various administrative units, and transactions between farmers and government need to be regulated. Therefore, institutional cooperation among so many parties is challenging. We analyse why implementation has been easier in some Protected Landscape Areas (PLAs) than in others. The research focuses on selected factors which showed differences in performance. In particular, these factors are trust and reciprocity between farmers and state administrative bodies, information spreading and the availability of advisory services. Despite the demanding process, we find an indication that trust tends to grow following a previous good experience. The case study was carried out in two large and two small PLAs in the Czech Republic."