Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Lithuania

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1 Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Lithuania Dr. Giedrė Godienė, Chief Desk officer of the Landscape Division, Department of Protected areas and landscape, Ministry of Environment

2 The efforts Management Awareness, education Integration Restoration Identifi cation, evaluation Planning Research, monitoring

3 Areas and instruments 3 HELCOM UNESCO Coastal strip Protected areas Urban areas public spaces NATURA 2000 Agricultural areas Roads Forested areas

4 Planning 4 Coastal strip: Landscape management plan of the continent part of the Coastal Strip (2011) The Plan of adjustment of the borders of the Coastal Strip (2013) The recreational Plan of the Coastal Strip (2013) Management plan of the Curonian Spit national park (UNESCO) (2012) General Plan of the Neringa municipality (2012) Protected areas, NATURA 2000 borders and management planning National landscape management plan (2014) Landscape plans of the several districts (regions) (2013) Special Lithuania-Poland Cross-border plan (2013)

5 Coastal strip management plan (2011) 5

6 6 National landscape management plan. The present situation. Physical morphology.

7 7 National landscape management plan. The present situation.visual structure.

8 8 National landscape management plan. The present situation.ecological structure.

9 9 National landscape management plan. The present situation. Problemic areals.

10 Methodologies 10 The recommendations on the pursue of the Visitors Monitoring (for National and Regional parks) (2012) The recommendations on the pursue of the Visual Landscape Monitoring (for National and Regional parks) (2012) The recomendations on the Solar power plants installation (2012) The recommendations on the design of information system for the Coastal strip continent part (2013) Urban vegetation management Guide (2013) Green spaces planning and design Guide (2013) Landscape Guidelines for the roads and railways (2014) Guide for the installation of commercial advertising near the roads (2014)

11 Transboundary cooperation 11 Curonian Spit jointly nominated by Lithuania and the Russian Federation, was inscribed on the World Heritage List (994) in November 30, 2000 In accordance to the World Heritage Committee Decision 35COM 7B.99 the Lithuanian and the Russian States Parties: 2011 elaborated joint Draft statement of the OUV 2012 submitted a report of the State of conservation and joint Draft statement of the OUV for WHC 2013 elaborated joint Draft of the common Management plan of the Curonian Spit

12 International projects 12 Implementing European Landscape Convention in the South Baltic region Poland, Denmark, Sweeden Development of a Pilot Ecological Network through Nature Frame areas in South Lithuania

13 Management 13 Management of protected areas

14 Management Rehabilitation of Protected areas 14 Abandoned farm The old storage of the chemicals

15 Management NATURA

16 Service Protected areas 16

17 Education and information 17

18 Education and information 18 National contest of the works of Landscape architecture 2011: 27 projects of 36 authors

19 Education and information 19 Publications of The compendium of ELC related texts (2012) The starting issues set of periodical magazine Lithuanian landscape diversity I. Entry to the Landscape recognition II. The projects of Landscape planning and design

20 Education and information 20 Qualification raising Trainings for 479 specialists of Protected areas in 2012 Seminars for specialists of Municipalities in 2011 International conference on the Urban trees management, arboristic culture, 2011

21 Education and information new expositions in the Information centres of the National and Regional parks were installed in 2012

22 Education and information 22 The 20th anniversary of State parks establishment Information Conference at the Parliament Action of slow tourism

23 Education and information 23 Posters on the 20th anniversary of State parks: Discover and recognize

24 Education and information 24 Nature schools, green lessons, children contests

25 Awareness and involvement 25 National session of the Lithuanian Landscape Award, candidates: 14 municipalities, 4 directions of the protected areas, 3 public institutions, 2 local communities, 2 enterprices; 2 persons, 1 school. Juri: Ministriy of Culture Ministriy of Agriculture Commision on the care of Ethnic culture, Parliament of LR Departament of the Cultural heritage under the Ministry of Culture State Service on Protected areas Association of the Landscape architects of Lithuania Association of the municipalities of Lithuania

26 Awareness and involvement 26 National session of the Lithuanian Landscape Award. Conference

27 Awareness and involvement 27 National session of the Lithuanian Landscape Award. Exibition

28 Awareness and involvement 28 National session of the Lithuanian Landscape Award 2012

29 Awareness and involvement 29 Lithuanian Landscape Award 2012: Utena district municipality: U-parks. U-turn we love.

30 Awareness and involvement 30 The Competition Time changes the World Pupils and adults. Comparison of the photos of with the 2002 and older : the exibition and the interactive map of changing Lithuanian landscape

31 Thank You and welcome to Vilnius

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