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by Iva Zímová
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About the Ebook
Environmental activists are blocking loggers’ access to planned cutting in the Šumava National Park.
The Šumava Mountains in the Czech Republic represent one of the most
extensive forested areas in central Europe. Established in 1991, Šumava
National Park comprises 690 km2 , of which 81 per cent is forested.
Since the 1930s, the national park’s core areas in close proximity to the
Austrian and German border have been allowed to develop in an almost
natural condition without major disturbances. A threat, however, looms large over this wonder of nature: ever since the mid-1990s, the spruce forests lying in the south-eastern zone in Šumava have been logged because of spruce bark beetle (Ips typhographus) occurrences.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Version Fixed-layout ebook, 78 pgs
- Publish Date: Jul 20, 2012
- Last Edit Nov 01, 2014
- Language Czech
About the Creator
I first developed my photographic eye in Montreal, where I studied photography at Dawson College. But Dawson Collage teaches commercial photography, and in any case I found that I was more comfortable wandering the streets with my camera than being locked up in a studio. Montreal’s streets were not enough for me, however, so I started to travel to different places. I became resolved to document the lives of people who are persecuted or neglected. In 1998, during the war in Kosovo, I encountered the Czech NGO, People in Need, and since then I have contributed to their efforts with my work. It’s very important for me to be involved in the environment that I am photographing. To be accepted by the people I photograph and to become one of them is a part of what I do. This takes time, but it allows me to be a privileged witness of social occasions and rituals that would otherwise be off-limits: births, baptisms, spiritual ceremonies, weddings and funerals.