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Restoring the hydrological regime of the Kemeri National Park (HYDROPLAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Background Ķemeri National Park was founded in 1997 on an area of 36 000 ha, which makes it the third largest national park in Latvia. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Riga and includes forests, swamps and mires, shrubs, lakes or lagoons, natural mineral-springs and muds. The present-day landscape has been formed by the joint effects of natural proce ...
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Conservation of wetlands in Kemeri National Park (Kemeri)

Start date: Sep 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2006,

Background Established in 1997, Kemeri National Park was one of Latvia's first national parks. It contains 380 km² of diverse habitats including a number of EU importance such as bog woodland, black alder swamps, raised bogs (including one of the largest intact examples of such a habitat type in Europe), rich fens, coastal dunes etc. Altogether some 30 h ...
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Kemeri in Europe, Europe in Kemeri

Start date: May 1, 2008,

The main activities of voluntary service will take place in the Kemeri national park administration's house, called "Forest's house" and also outside in all park's territory. Some of the activities will be realised in cooperation with other social institutions of Kemeri, such as Children's house and Day care centre for people with disabilities.Kemeri national park's foundation want to offer to the ...
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Izglītība dabas aizsardzībai un ilgtspējīgai attīstībai

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

Maintenance of our surrounding environment, including biological diversity and ecosystem services (production of oxygen, reduction of flood risks, etc.) is the basis for future existence of mankind. In an effort to secure this, a row of Multilateral Environmental Agreements have been adopted, and Latvia has joined many of them (e.g., Convention of Biological Diversity, Ramsar Convention, Establish ...
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Conservation of rare reptiles and amphibians in Latvia (Life-HerpetoLatvia)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...Nature 2000 network sites for Emys orbicularis in Latvia, Emys orbicularis and Coronella austriaca are found in several larger Nature 2000 sites; Coronella austriaca is found in the Kemeri national park and Emys orbicularis in the Silene nature park. These two sites have protection plans, but conservation activities for both species were not previously included. ...
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arks & Benefits - Generating socio-economic effects by a sustainable management (Parks & Benefits)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Parks & Benefits results from an initiative of protected areas in BSR who share the conviction that the protection of the natural heritage must involve a sustainable management of the natural resources. Mobilizing economic instruments for protection purposes shall benefit both the protected area and the surrounding region contributing to their socio-economic development. But up to now the economic ...
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Elaborating joint tools for environmental education as efficient mean of management of protected areas (Back to Nature)

Start date: Jun 15, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2011,

Within this project, five institutions dealing with nature conservation carried out numerous creative activities to educate students and raise public awareness on environmental issues, focusing specifically on the bogs and wetlands of our region. Achievements: Project a ...
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Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR EAGLE)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

Interreg IIIB project BSR EAGLE Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region brings together nature interpreters and nature education centres from 10 Baltic Sea Region countries to network and to improve skills.The vision of the project was to improve the role and contribution of nature centres and environmental interpretation as a part of the society's strengthening of ...
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