8. Forest regeneration route

11. Mountain spruce-forests in the Sumava National Park attacted by bark beetle (Ips typographus)

The attacked forests were either left without intervention or managed using the traditional forestry approach. The latter consists of the following measures: Attacked trees are cut down and the resulting clearings are artificially afforested. We advocate, in contrast to the present National Park Authorities, the non-intervention approach, because the bark beetle is a natural component in the mountain spruce forest dynamics, natural regeneration is sufficient and other biota are not negatively influenced. Contrasting sites will be visited to demonstrate results of both approaches near Plešné Lake.

21. Holašovice, the village of UNESCO Heritage

One of the best preserved villages in the country represents a unique complex of rural baroque houses. Most of them were built during the 19th century. The village survived the communist era and in 1995 was declared as a historical monument under Czech legislation and in 1998 as a UNESCO Heritage site.