Saturday, March 25, 2006

lesní zákon (forest law).

By the eighteenth century most of the abundant native forests of the Czech lands had been cut down for firewood. Empress Maria Thereza’s far-sighted forest laws, however, stipulated both that every tree felled had to be replaced with a newly planted tree and that even privately-owned forests must allow right-of-ways for pedestrians traveling from one town to another. While the former provision contributed to the reforesting of the country, the latter evolved into the extensive system of hiking trails in wide use today.

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