The president has stepped into a row over South Bohemian forests, being the first to sign a petition against the Environment Ministry’s handling of a destructive bark beetle epidemic. Zimola (ČSSD) who, like Klaus is a supporter of interference against the bark beetle, said the park management’s laissez-faire approach had already caused a bark beetle calamity.
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