Monitoring and conservation status assessment of boreal forest habitat types

Renginio data: November 23-24, 2006, Kabli, Estonia

organized by the Baltic Environmental Forum

November 23-24, 2006, Kabli, Estonia

Hotel Lepanina, Kabli, Häädemeeste parish, 86001, Pärnu County, Estonia
ph./fax +372 44 65 024, GSM +372 51 09 788, http://www.lepanina.ee/

The seminar is organized in the frame of the project on “Favourable Conservation Status of Boreal Forest – Experience Exchange among Baltic and Nordic Experts” that is financially supported by the European Union, Nordic Council of Ministers and Estonian Environment Investment Centre.

The goal of the seminar is:

To discuss conservation status assessment of forest habitats for EC reporting in 2007

Methodology
Practical examples from EU countries
Coordination needs between the Baltic States

To discuss organising monitoring and conservation status assessment of forest habitats in the next reporting period

Indicators for conservation status assessment of forest habitats developed by the Baltic and Nordic experts
How to come from developed indicators to monitoring systems?

To discuss future prospects of forest protection in the Baltic States and relevant European developments

Target audience:

Competent authorities of the Baltic States; boreal forest experts from NGOs and scientific institutions; associations of private forest owners and state forest management institutions from the Baltic States; representatives of competent authorities and forest experts from Nordic and other EU countries. In total we expect to have ca. 50 participants.

Language of the seminar will be English.

The accommodation, meals and travel of participants will be organised and covered by the BEF. Arrival of participants at the seminar venue will be in the evening of Wednesday, November 22. Departure will be in the afternoon of Friday, November 24.

Accommodation will be organised in double rooms. In case you have any preferences, please let us know in advance. Please note that we do not provide per diem for the participants.

For more information please contact:

Mr. Zymantas Morkvenas (tel: +370-5-213 81 55; fax: +370-5-213 50 68; e-mail: zymantas.morkvenas@bef.lt ) in Lithuania;

Ms. Anda Ruskule (tel.: +371 735 7548; fax: +371 750 7071; e-mail: anda.ruskule@bef.lv) in Latvia;

Ms. Merle Kuris (tel.: +372 6455 092; fax: +372 6604 766; e-mail: merle.kuris@bef.ee) in Estonia.

Please fill out and submit the enclosed Registration Form to the e-mail address merle.kuris@bef.ee or fax number: + 372 6604 766 by 8 November 2006.

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