B - Convention on Biological Diversity

media for nature conservation and sustainable development.3. There is insufficient financial provision and mechanisms for providing information on biodiversity.4. The existence of developmental plans that directly endanger species diversity (trans-European transportnetworks, constructions and building-up in the open landscape, synurbanization, etc.) and the potential for theirfi nancing from the EU sources. The promotion of investment plans is accompanied by massive media and lobbycampaigns in support of the construction, mining, etc.5. The anthropogenic approach in policy documents and policies (the State Environmental Policy, the SustainableDevelopment Strategy of the CR), anthropocentric to technocratic attitudes of politicians in biodiversityconservation (“A rabbit must not be preferred over a skier”, “Restrictions on economic development in regionswith high unemployment in the name of a newt”).6. The employees of the state administration are inadequately informed and they are sometimes stilltechnocratically oriented. Environmentally sound behaviour and attitudes of the employees of the publicadministration during the working process, environmentally sound operation of authorities, saving naturalresources is still not a matter of fact.7. There is inadequate systematic and effective informing, participation and active infl uencing of the publicleading to environmentally sound behaviour. There is a lack of motivation for this behaviour.8. The effectiveness of communication, education and public awareness is evaluated only quantitatively(number of events, teaching programs, “child-hours”, etc.) and not qualitatively, i.e. there is no monitoring ofthe professional accuracy of the information provided and especially the final impact of CEPA on the clients as afeedback.9. Unimplemented environmental tax reform, lack of a stable framework for financing nongovernmentalorganizations in environmental management.10. The professional level of some outputs from CEPA is not always adequate, so that these actions can even becounter-productive.IV. Objectives1. Increase the availability of information on biological diversity.2. Introduce specific programmes for public participation; teach politicians about nature conservation andbiodiversity and why they are critical and essential human beings.3. Consistently evaluate and, as required, update measures that are part of already adopted programme,strategies, action plans and sectoral policies and their impacts, from the standpoint of implementing the Strategy- in particular:• The CEPA State Program; CEPA Action Plan for the individual periods; State Environmental Policy, State NatureConservation and Landscape Protection Programme; sectoral policies (energy, raw material, transport, water).4. Conclude an intersectoral agreement on cooperation between ME and MA on cooperation in CEPA andimplementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy of the Czech Republic.5. Conclude an intersectoral agreement on cooperation between ME and MC and the founders of museums oncooperation in CEPA and promotion of the objectives of the Strategy.6. Use the functioning network of CEPA centres and announce public competitions and subsidy programmeseach year on the basis of funds from ME, MEYS, MC and MA for implementation of the National BiodiversityStrategy of the Czech Republic.7. Prepare and implement a module of initial and life-long education in “Biodiversity Conservation” foreducation of priority target groups (employees of the state administration, representatives of local governments,managers in agricultural, forestry and water management companies and firms, staff members and activists in70