scholarly journals Cascade Use of Wood in the Czech Republic

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 681
Author(s):  
Róbert Babuka ◽  
Andrea Sujová ◽  
Václav Kupčák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wood Volume ◽  
Primary Processing ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Input Method

Research Highlights: One of the priorities of the European Commission is to build up an effective circular economy based on recycling and multiple use of materials. Wood biomass is a renewable raw material and can be used several times in a cascading sequence. Each country has a unique situation regarding the availability and utilization of wood sources. Background and Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze wood flow in the Czech Republic using the cascading principle of biomass use. The specific situation in the Czech Republic lies in a lack of valid and reliable input data from official statistics. Therefore, the reverse input method was applied. Materials and Methods: Input data analyses of roundwood sources and foreign trade were based on official statistical data. The calculation of raw wood volume consumption in primary processing was performed based on the data after our own correction and recalculation. It was then possible to build up a basic model of multi-stage cascade wood use. The input volume of roundwood was divided among all types of primary processing production using conversion factors. Results: Cascading use of wood (CUW) showed the level of efficiency of the resource. Official statistical input data and the reversed input data regarding raw wood volume entering wood processing revealed differences at a level of 27%. The overall CUW in the Czech Republic indicates a high rate of wood use in primary processing with low added value and in generating energy. Conclusions: The reverse input method reveals the real situation of wood consumption irrespective of the level of official statistical data. It is suitable to apply in an environment of incomplete or incorrect input data. CUW in Czechia showed an opportunity for increasing the efficiency of wood utilization. The structure of wood use needs to be optimized towards creating greater added value.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development Model of Performance of Woodworking Enterprises in the Czech Republic

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 672
Author(s):  
Jakub Michal ◽  
David Březina ◽  
Dalibor Šafařík ◽  
Robert Babuka
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Production Model ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Use Of Resources

The current requirements put on the Member States of the European Union (“EU”) in the area of sustainability and climate-neutral economy through strategic visions such as “Agenda 2030” or “A Clean planet for all” demonstrate the increasing need for quick identification of the changes required in the use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Forests are a particular specific area of such changes. They represent a part of the ecosystem that is important for society from the economic, social, and environmental perspectives. Current climate changes have had a negative effect on the state of forestry in the Czech Republic and have raised many questions of how to ensure its sustainability. Besides the changes in forestry, the situation has also affected the sector primarily depending on the production function of forests and whose coexistence is conditioned. Taking specific sectors as examples, the article presents some prospects that could result in more efficient use of resources and defines potential synergic effects. Analyses of primary and secondary information sources were used to create preferential models (the term “preferential” in the context of the article represents opportunities through which it is possible to achieve an improvement in competitiveness and market advantage over the current model of wood processing and timber trade in the Czech Republic. The model works with potential perspectives and respects the challenges in the field of sustainable development) of timber and wood raw material production and processing and preferential and of economic efficiency (the term “efficiency” in the article represents the technical efficiency of the use of resources to achieve maximum economic benefit and added value. The aim is to increase the economic potential of individual sectors of primary and secondary processing in relation to timber sources) of woodworking businesses. The production model indicates that the energy use of wood, the expansion of the production mix in construction, the use of biomass and digestate in agroforestry, and the logging waste recovery are the most prospective sectors. The model presenting preferential areas in the woodworking industry development with respect to sustainability identified the need to increase associated production and material efficiency in construction and energy sectors, as well as insufficient activity of the sectors associated with technological innovations, FSC and PEFC certification prospects, bioeconomy and circular economy, a considerable need for wage growth in the sector and increased use of the existing production capacities by both domestic and foreign sales.

scholarly journals Differentiation of the Demand for the Hunting Tourism in the Czech Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Šárka Kroupová ◽  
Josef Navrátil ◽  
Kamil Pícha ◽  
Milan Hasman
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
Bohemian Forest ◽  
The World ◽  
Guided Tour ◽  
South Bohemia

AbstractIn the world scale, there are various forms of how the hunting tourism is carried out. there is a considerably specific situation in the czech republic originating in the historical development. the assessment of the diversification of the demand for tourist activities was chosen to be the aim of this article. this assessment is based on a questionnaire survey among tourism participants who consume the specific products of the hunting tourism in the tourist regions of Bohemian Forest and south Bohemia. A guided tour in a game enclosure with a professional commentary and wildlife observation showed to be the most interesting offer. the most important thing is the identification of five main segments of demand called “ordinary” gamekeeper's hunting, “occasional” gamekeeper's hunting, angling activities, hunting without the killing and complementary activities. the differences among the latter five segments were identified in the representation of respondents as far as their gender and their membership in a community of anglers or gamekeepers are concerned.

scholarly journals CBME 2017 Gender Equalities on the Czech Labor Market in Comparison with EU

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Legnerova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Implementation Of The Strategy

The paper deals with the equality of women and men in the labor market in the Czech Republic compared with the European Union in connection with the strategy for the period 2010–2015. The aim of the research was based on analysis of available statistical data to describe and assess the evolution of the situation in this area in the last five years, assess the benefits of the Strategy and to assess the achievement of the objectives that the European Commission has identified. Data is processed and analysed from the perspective of the whole of the European Union, with a focus on the Czech Republic. Based on the analysis of available statistical data, and through selected indicators described the current situation in selected areas of the issue of the achievement of the equality between women and men in the Czech labor market. The obtained data are compared to the data from 2009 and by the method of induction is evaluated the achievement of the rate of equality between women and men in the labor market and also the contribution and the rate of implementation of the strategy, the primary objective is mentioned in all areas to achieve this equality.

scholarly journals Changing structure of Employment in Europe: Polarization Issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-318
Author(s):  
Radek Náplava
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Occupational Classification ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
The Us ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
High Skill

Abstract In recent years, labor markets have experienced a polarization phenomenon, with the rise of low-skill and high-skill workers, and a decline in the number of middle-skill workers. The polarization of the labor market has been most often investigated in the US, UK, and some European countries. This paper shows the changes in the employment structure in all EU countries between 2008 and 2017. Attention is also paid to the Czech Republic and change during 1993 and 2017. The added value of the article lies in two factors. The first is the division of skills by industry in which the worker is located and not by occupational classification, the second is an explicit view of the Czech Republic. The results provide some evidence about the polarization of the labor market in twenty-one EU countries. Results imply polarization also in the Czech Republic during a longer period, because the number of high-skilled and low-skilled workers increased by 6.63 p. p. and by 1.16 p. p. respectively, at the expense of middle-skilled workers.

scholarly journals The relationship between M3 and consumer price index in the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 226-236
Author(s):  
Libena Cernohorska
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Price Index ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Monetary Aggregate ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cointegration Relationship

This paper aimed at analysing the influence of monetary aggregate M3 on consumer price index (CPI) in the Czech Republic. Cointegrating this selected indicator M3 is demonstrated in relation to the development of CPI using the Engle – Granger cointegration test. These tests are applied to selected statistical data from the years 2003 to 2016. After using the Akaike criteria for all-time series, we analysed a unit root using the Dickey–Fuller test. If the time series are non-stacionary, testing is then continued with the Engle–Granger test to detect cointegration relations. Based on these tests, it is found that at a significance level of 0.05, a cointegration relationship between M3 and CPI in the Czech Republic does not exist. Conclusions resulting from the verification of the hypotheses are supported with graphical visualisation of data from which it is apparent that these hypotheses can be rejected. Keywords: M3; Czech Republic ; CPI ; Akaike criteria

scholarly journals DANGEROUS DRIVER’S BEHAVIOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Libor Topol ◽  
Ivo Drahotský
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Aggressive Driving ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Different Types

Different types of dangerous driver’s behavior are discussed in this paper. Case study analysis of young drivers’ hazardous behavior is also provided from authors’ practices. The practical research is collaborated with the statistical data that aggressive driving induces the number of fatalities on the roads in the Czech Republic by 25%. The improvement to driver’s training and other countermeasures is then suggested.

scholarly journals Analysis of economic risk in potatoes cultivation

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 331-339
Author(s):  
Milan Cizek ◽  
Miroslav Mimra ◽  
Miroslav Kavka ◽  
Jaroslav Humpal
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Starch Production

A number of variables influences potatoes growing, including natural conditions, used growing technologies and market conditions. The most important parameters for the production of potatoes crops are yield, farmer’s price, subsidies and costs. All these parameters can change over time. This means that managers of farms must constantly assess the key parameters affecting the economic outturn and analyse the degree of risk of their  achievement. This article analyses the economic risks of potatoes cultivation based on statistical data obtained over the last 10 years. The Monte Carlo stochastic simulation method was used to analyse the risk of gross profits. The results of the calculations confirmed the considerable variability and risk of growing potatoes in the climate conditions of the Czech Republic in general, and especially regarding the first early potatoes and potatoes for starch production.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Structure of Job Offers on the Czech Labour Market

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-306
Author(s):  
Tomáš Martínek ◽  
Petr Hanzlík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Economic Indicator ◽  
Market Development ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
Absolute Quantity

Abstract Labour market development is an important macro-economic indicator of every national economy. Labour supply in particular fields should reflect on demands of employers on newly recruited employees. These demands can be analysed by studying published job offers. This analysis of Czech labour market is conducted based on the aggregated statistical data collected by an on-demand application. The studied data sample covers more than 60% of all the job offers published in the Czech Republic. The situation in respective occupational fields is compared with aggregate nation-wide average as well as with data from other fields. Results show distinct differences in absolute quantity of offers, compensations to employees offered as well as qualification requirements.

scholarly journals Spatial Modelling of Kaolin Deposit Demonstrated on the Jimlíkov-East Deposit, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 788
Author(s):  
Marcela Jarošová ◽  
František Staněk
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Input Data ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
The Village ◽  
Mining Exploration ◽  
Kaolin Deposit

The present study is focused on spatial modelling of a kaolin deposit in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, and the methodical procedure of development, evaluation and visualization of a 3D model are described step by step. The implementation of this methodology is performed in Visual Studio 2019 with use of the Surfer and Voxler objects from Golden Software. This methodology combined with the newly developed software (Kaolin_A and Kaolin_Viz programs) allow a user to create a variant dynamic model for the same or similar types of deposits. It enables a quick update of the model when changing the input data, based on the new mining exploration or when changing the modelling parameters. The presented approach leads to a more advanced evaluation of deposits, including various estimates of reserves according to pre-specified usability conditions. The efficiency of the developed methodology and the software for the evaluation of the deposit are demonstrated on the kaolin deposit Jimlíkov-East, located near the village Jimlíkov about 5 km west of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Development and Spatial Distribution of Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) Populations on the Territory of the Czech Republic

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1507-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Dvořák ◽  
Lenka Palyzová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Sika Deer ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Recent Population Expansion ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
Size Data

This paper gives an analysis of the size of populations of sika deer (Cervus nippon) that were introduced to the Czech Republic at the end of the 19th century. Control methods are applied to underlying data taken from the official statistics of the Czech Statistical Office with the aim to check retrospectively their accuracy. Based on statistical data of third‑level territorial administrative units available, the recent population expansion of sika deer in the Czech Republic is evaluated as well as the manner and intensity of their spread into new, previously unpopulated areas. Results of applied control methods indicate errors in population management due to underestimation of overall population size data, in particular in the category of female deer.

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