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Considering the environmental benefits in mountain catchments, Körner and Ohsawa (2005) highlighted particularly water resources recharge (quantity and quality), recreation, timber, habitat, and beautiful scenery. Both, formulations and applications of the environmental services require the flexible and transparent decision making process that embraces a diversity of knowledge and values (Reed 2008). Mountain watersheds in central Europe are mostly forested; therefore, the forestry practices are among the most important factors of their environmental benefits. The concept of multi resource forestry (seeking the simultaneous production of several interdependent substances and services) concentrates on maintaining forests as the biophysical systems (Dudley and Stolton 2003). FAO (2006) reported several positive examples of the collaborative watershed management based on the action research, which adopted diagnostic studies, field testing and validations of improved technologies, as well as the social and environmental impact assessment.
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This research was supported by the Earthwatch Institute (Oxford, UK, Project on Mountain Waters of Bohemia), and by the Czech Technical University in Prague (Project SGS16/140/OHK1/2T/11).
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Křeček, J., Palán, L. (2017). Environmental Services in Mountain Catchments Affected by the Acid Atmospheric Deposition. In: Křeček, J., Haigh, M., Hofer, T., Kubin, E., Promper, C. (eds) Ecosystem Services of Headwater Catchments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57946-7_16
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