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• 6 Cerveny J. et al., 2004. Eurasian lynx in the Czech Republic and its chance for survival

• 6.1 Introduction

• What is the time scope of the habitation of the Eurasian Lynx in the Czech republic?

  During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the lynx was exterminated, and in the second half of the 20th century the lynx began to spread again from Slovakia. Between 1970-1989 22-27 animals were released. Population peak in 1997-1998 100-150 individuals. 2004- only 80-100 individuals. 

• since when has the lynx been under legal protection?

  1947 under the hunting agreement and in 1965 under the nature protection legislation. 

   

• What is stated in the Management Plan of the Lynx Population in the CR (1998)? 

  The country was split into three areas, all having degrees of legal protection, in two of the three exceptional shooting was still permitted. 

• 6.2 Material and Methods

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• What different methods are used to keep track of the Lynx population?

  Yearly count of snow tracks, questionnaires (1993), radio-telemetric monitoring (1996), casual observations (published info) and observations from the annual game surveys (spring). 

• 6.3 Results and discussion

• What is the attitude of hunters towards the Lynx?

  38% see the Lynx as a part of the wildlife, a positive role in the ecosystem was seen by 20%, 60% see the lynx as a threat to the roe deer, 36% knew about the illegal cases of shooting lynx. 

• 7 Chaker, A., El-Fadl, K., Chamas, L., Hatjian, B. 2006. A review of strategic environmental assessment in 12 selected countries

• 7.1 Introduction

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• Which two important legal documents have  had a vital role in re-emphasizing the importance of the SEA?

  The European SEA Directive and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 2003 SEA Protocol. 

• What is a SEA?

  A decision support tool to help integrate environmental aspects along with social and economic considerations into proposed policy, plans and programmes (ppp). The process attempts to mainstream environment into policy and decision-making plans. 

  “A systematic process for evaluating the environmental consequences of proposed policy, plan or programme initiatives in order to ensure they are fully included and appropriately addressed at the earliest appropriate stage of decision-making on par with economic and social considerations.”

• What restraints of the application of SEA are found at the policy level?

  Acceptance of it's importance (seat at the policy table), discerning the key leverage points in the policy making cycles to ensure that SEA is considered in all important stages, overcoming the high level of uncertainty and abstraction of policy making, securing an adequate amount of transparency and democracy for needed for public access to information and decision-making (at early stages). 

• 7.3 International SEA Systems

• What does the SEA directive involve?

  It establishes a basic framework of assessing the effects of plans and programmes on the environment for member states that must include this in their own national legislation. 

• Why was the SEA protocol established and what does it entail? 

  It was established to supplement the convention on EIA in a trans boundary context. It requires parties to asses the same things as the directive, however the emphasis is on health (trans boundary) impacts as well as environmental impacts. It puts more weight on the member states to provide an early public consultation as early as the scoping stage.