Long-term disputes about the future of the Šumava National Park may have finally come to an end. The government last week approved an amendment to the law on nature and landscape protection that should make the Czech Republic’s four main national parks more accessible to tourists. “The legislation follows the same trend of nature protection as we see on the German side of the Šumava mountains, in the Bavarian Forest National Park,” says deputy head of Šumava National Park Martin Starý.
