The Riga City Council City Development Department held a meeting of project LIFE CoHaBit Consultative Working Group in which the project partners and the parties involved, including LLC “Riga Forests” and JSC “Latvia’s State Forests”, discussed the planned protective measures for the European Union protected biotopes – wooded dunes and grey dunes within the framework of the project in the territory of Nature Park “Piejūra”. Experience was exchanged in respect to improvement measures that can be implemented for the biotopes and the habitats of their species, as well as in respect the measures necessary for their protection.

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Capture project Coastal Habitat Conservation in Nature Park Piejūra (LIFE CoHaBit)” No. LIFE15 NAT/LV/000900 is being realized, since September 2016, by the local government of the Carnikava Municipality (as the leading partner) together with the Riga City Council City Development (RDPAD), the Nature Conservation Agency (DAP) the Association “Baltic Coasts”, with support from the European Commission and with the co-funding of the Administration of the Latvian Environmental Protection Fund (LVAFA). In order to evaluate that implemented over the last year, on 13 and 14 September a monitoring visit took place, implemented by the project supervising institution representing the European Commission. On the first day of the monitoring visit, the project experts introduced the monitoring official to the results of the surveys carried out and the territories for which biotope management activities are being planned. The best solutions for the management and protection of Nature Park “Piejūra” were discussed.  

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In order to draw attention of the society to the less-known nature values of Natura Park “Piejūra”, as well as to involve the population in the exploration of the uniqueness and value of Nature Park “Piejūra”, on 25 October an expedition was organized in the lagoons of Daugavgrīva, guided by Brigita Laime, an expert in biotopes.

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22092419 1487108514735971 1829549714 o For the second year of the year already, the Baltic LIFE Project Seminar was organized. The seminar took place on 28-29 September in Parnu and gathered a total of 14 different LIFE Programme projects from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, including also the LIFE CoHaBit project. The seminar was organized by the CAP LIFE LAT (Capacity building for implementing the LIFE Programme in Latvia) team.

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