The Lower Morava Biosphere Reserve, public benefit company (legal form of a non-governmental organization), was founded as the BR administrative organization in August 2004 by:
Forests of the Czech republic, s.e.
Ministry of Environment
MND, a.s.
Břeclav county Chamber of commerce
Czech union for Nature Conservation
In 2012 the Ministry of Environment, due to its own system and organizational reasons, waived its founder status as well as all its positions in the BR bodies, therefore subsequent cooperation with the BR runs in the form of partneship.
In
2022 the Czech Union for Nature Conservation, waived its founder status.
The administrative bodies of the company are: management board, advisory board and director . The management structure is based on broad participation of major stakeholders of the biosphere reserve.
Management board:
The management board is nine-member BR governing body. It includes representatives of the company founders, representatives of the communities of the three regions covered by the BR, one representative of the farming community and one representative of Mendel university in Brno that also acts as the main scientific consultant of the BR.
Libor Kabat |
Chairman |
Lednice-valtice area Region |
Miroslav Svoboda |
1. vicechairman |
Forests of the Czech republic, s.e. |
Petr Madera |
2. vicechairman |
Mendel university |
Frantisek Fabičovic |
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Břeclav county Chamber of commerce |
Ladislav Straka
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Podluží Region |
Libor Ambrozek |
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Czech union for Nature Conservation - till July 18, 2022
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Antonin Homola
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Břeclav county Chamber of agriculture |
Pavel Kotasek |
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MND, a.s. |
Roman Studenka
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Mikulov Region |
Permanent guests of the BR Management Board:
By unanimous decision of all members of the BR Management Board, Mr. Stanislav Koukal, Director of the South Moravia Regional Administration of the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, has been designated as a permanent guest of the Board since 2012. As of 2022 also Mr. Libor Opluštil, Chairman of the Břeclav Chapter of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation, participates on the BR management as permanent guest.
Advisory board:
The advisory board is six-member supervisory body. It includes representatives of the company founders, one mutual representative of the communities of the three regions covered by the BR and one representative of the Mendel university.
Libor Oplustil |
Chairman |
Czech union for Nature Conservation - till July 18, 2022 |
Jana Hamrsmidova
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MND, a.s. |
Miroslav Volarik |
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Břeclav county Chamber of commerce |
Libor Strakos
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Forests of the Czech republic, s.e. |
Alena Salasova |
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Mendel university |
Milan Vojta
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representative of Podluží, Lednice-valtice area and Mikulov Regions |