| Positives
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Negatives
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- attractive area with considerable natural and cultural heritage
- geological richness
- economical & political importance of energy supply
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- unemployment
- low level of education of local inhabitants
- bad reputation & advertisment (from tourist point of view)
- health problems
- landscape destruction
- old ecological damages - toxic areas
- controversy on mining limits
- negative impacts of the region as an energy supplier for the whole ČR
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| Opportunities
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Risks
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- EU funds
- good quality recultivation
- environmental friendly tourism & ecotourism
- small bussiness
- boarder energy
- renewable energy
- UNESCO program
- marketing for tourism
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- single focused economy
- unstable legal and political conditions
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| Controversial issues
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- poverty
- social problems
- dense infrastructure
- nature degradation
- mining limits
- Czech Coal
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