Environmental policy and administrative management

A planning grant will be used for the preparation of the full-size project on management of lowland wetlands in Zuvintas Strict Nature reserve. As wetlands are overgrowing with reed and other fast growing aggressive grasses a special nature management plan for the area should be developed, and practical nature management should be carried out for the protection of wetland ecosystem. It is also planned that reads and other grasses cut in lowland wetlands will be used for the heating of public houses in small town called Simnas. The project would demonstrate how local communities could also benefit from implementation of nature management measures. At the same time the project would address two focal areas of GEF SGP Biodiversity protection and Climate Change mitigation. A planning grant will be used for the meetings with local community, for the technical expertise of project feasibility, and preparation of the technical project.

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