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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0208

PROTECTIVE BELTS FOR POWER LINES AND THEIR POTENTIAL IN LANDSCAPE CARE

Petr Kupec1, Jan Deutscher1
1 Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czechia

Power line protection strips represent very important linear elements in the landscape. Until now, these objects have served primarily power line operators as technological objects in the construction and care of power lines. Since 2024, GasNet has been actively interested in the potential of using protection strips, especially for environmental protection and recreation of citizens from adjacent municipalities. In cooperation with Mendel University in Brno, a concept of optimized use of power line protection strips is being developed, aimed primarily at strengthening their eco-stabilization, anti-erosion, hydric and recreational functions. The topic is also carbon sequestration in the vegetation of the strips, as well as their importance for wild and farm animal species. The article presents the results of the first proposals for solutions for linear communities of power line protection strips, which should ensure the above functions.

Keywords: landscapes green belts, ecosystem functions of landscape green belts, ecosystem functions of landscape green belts

pages: 208-211, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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