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Background The Kamanos and Amalva mires in Lithuania provide habitats for a significant number of threatened and rare species. Important habitats found within the two mires include active raised bog, bog woodland and fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods. Both sites are protected as parts of sites of Community importance (SCIs) under the European Habitats D ...

Background Žuvintas biosphere reserve is situated in the southern part of the central Lithuanian lowlands, formed in a depression of the oval limnoglacial swampy plain. The Žuvintas and Amalvas mires dominate the area. Žuvintas mire (6 847 ha) is the largest in Lithuania and consists of bogs (71 %), transitional mires (17%) and fens (12%). There are th ...