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Stepping stones towards ensuring long-term favourable conservation status of Aquatic warbler in Lithuania LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Oct. 6, Brussels Name, Surname, Position Logo(s) PROJECT LOCATION: Lithuania and Belarus BUDGET INFO: Total

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Name, Surname, Position Logo(s) LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Oct. 6, Brussels

Stepping stones towards ensuring long-term favourable conservation status of Aquatic warbler in Lithuania

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Name, Surname, Position Logo(s) LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Date, Place

PROJECT LOCATION: Lithuania and Belarus BUDGET INFO: Total amount: 4 097 038 eur % EC Co-funding: 75% PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS: CB: Baltic environmental forum (Lithuania) ABs:

  • Kretinga State Forest Enterprice
  • Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve Directorate
  • Scientific and Practical Center of the National

Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Recources

DURATION:

Start: 07/07/2016 - End: 31/01/2023

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OBJECTIVES & SCOPE:

  • Reduce fragmentation of aquatic

warbler breeding habitats and stimulate connectivity between isolated population;

  • Develop and apply new

conservation measures;

  • Setting up long-term socio-

economic preconditions to maintain AW breeding habitats;

LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Date, Place

Project area coverage: 20 509 ha

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EXPECTED IMPACTS

  • Habitat restoration: bush removal (992 ha), reed elimination

(232 ha), controlled burning (605 ha), water management level (16 824 ha);

  • Rehabilitation of exploited peatland (1029 ha);
  • Development and testing conservation translocation of AW

(never been done again!);

  • Functioning bussiness sollution for late-cut biomass use;
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POLICY IMPLICATIONS EU biodiveristy strategy: target 1, target 2, target 3 EU Birds directive, Bonn and Bern Conventions – conservation of Europe’s rarest migratory songbird Memorandum of Understanding concerning conservation measures of teh Aquatic warbler – related EU species conservation action plan

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SUSTAINABILITY

  • utilizing special agri-env. measure (under RDP);
  • self-sustaining biomass processing facility;
  • setting up management systems requiring low recources

for maintainance; REPLICABILITY

(conservation translocation, biomass processing, rehabilitation

  • f peatland, management of polders)
  • Task force, scientific advisory meetings, international

aquatic warbler conservation group (and MoU);

  • Natura 2000 communication platform;
  • Scientific publications, guidance documents;
  • Conferences, networking among experts;

LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Date, Place

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Name, Surname, Position Logo(s) LIFE15 Kick-off Meeting, Oct. 6, Brussels

Stepping stones towards ensuring long-term favourable conservation status of Aquatic warbler in Lithuania