LIFE Viva Grass team participated at the Ecosystem Service Partnership European Conference 2018

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October 15-19, 2018 LIFE Viva Grass team participated at the Ecosystem Service Partnership (ESP) European Conference 2018 in San Sebastian, Spain. On 17 October the LIFE Viva Grass project hold one the thematic working group session “Ways of embedding the concept of ecosystem services into decision making processes for better agricultural land management”, co-chaired by […]

Project experts participating in the “Baltic Esri User Conference”

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On October 17-18, 2018 LIFE Viva Grass project experts Dana Prižavoite (Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia) and Ivo Vinogradovs (University of Latvia) will participate in the “Baltic Esri User Conference”, in Riga, Latvia. This is the first joint Baltic level GIS Community Conference to share and gain experience, expertise and insights with specialists and sector Leaders! On October […]

Project session in ESP regional conference 2018

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The ESP Europe Regional Conference is part of the bi-annual cycle of ESP regional conferences around the globe and this conference welcomes anyone interested in ecosystem services, but especially focuses on the science-policy-practice nexus and uptake within Europe. Conference location: San Sebastián, Spain; 15-19 October 2018; theme: Ecosystem services in a changing world: moving from […]

Open day event in Madliena

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July 7, 2018. The aim of the event was to get acquainted with another good examples of grassland management and grasslands provided ecosystem services. At the beginning of the day we visited farm in Vērene, Madliena parish, farmers Māra and Einārs introduced with their farm – goats and rabbits and grassland maintenance practices. This is […]

Seminar materials “Integrating ecosystem service concept into spatial planning – for sustainable land-use in grasslands and beyond”

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On May 16-18, 2018 LIFE Viva Grass project held a very successful  seminar “Integrating ecosystem service concept into spatial planning – for sustainable land-use in grasslands and beyond”, Sigulda, Latvia. 2 sessions were held on May 16, 2018 – “Spatial information obtained through ES mapping and assessment as input land-use planning and decision making” and “Contribution […]

Open day event in Vaive, Cēsis district

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May 5, 2018 Vaive parish (Cēsis district) – everybody was invited to the open day event of LIFE Viva Grass project, held in the frame of the annual info campaign “Day in country side”. LIFE Viva Grass project experts from Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia and Cēsis municipality offered various activities to inform, involve and educate about […]

REGISTRATION IS OPEN: international seminar on integrating ecosystem service concept into spatial planning

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By keeping a well-started tradition to organize acknowledged, interesting and wholesome international events in spring, the LIFE Viva Grass project invites to the seminar “Integrating ecosystem service concept into spatial planning – for sustainable land-use in grasslands and beyond”, to be held in Sigulda, Latvia, May 16-18, 2018. This time, attention, discussions and exchange of […]

Seminar “Use of GIS planning tool for prioritization of landscape management – Cēsis district example”

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February 20, 2018. Seminar “Use of GIS planning tool for prioritization of landscape management – example of Cēsis district”. Planners, project LIFE Viva Grass experts from Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia and University of Latvia, representatives from Vaive municipality and tourism specialists took part in the seminar with the aim to look at the landscape in the context […]

New publications available

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In the frame of the project a new brochure “KEEPING COUNTRYSIDE ALIVE – GRASSLANDS FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING” prepared. In this publication we provide inspirational examples how grasslands can be used differently to deliver benefits for social and economic life of local communities in the Baltic States while at the same time, they do not harm the […]

Think tank meeting on grasslands management problems and future perspectives

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December 2, 2017. By carrying on the series of meetings with Madliena parish stakeholder core group this time the meeting was held with the aim to discuss ecosystem service significance on human welfare. Project partner – University of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences – hosted the event in their premises and project expert Raimonds Kasparinskis […]

Second discussion forum held on cooperation and experience exchange on ecosystem services assessment

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October 27, 2017 -seminar and discussion forum “Cooperation and experience exchange about ecosystem services evaluation in Latvia” was held in Riga by gathering more than 50 representatives from various state institutions, municipalities, scientific organisations, experts and people interested in the topic. Project expert from university of Latvia Ivo Vinogradovs participated with the presentation: mapping of the […]

Project presented in the 2nd Baltic Networking Event in Pärnu, Estonia

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September 28-29, 2017. The networking event brought together 15 representatives of LIFE projects, including representatives of capacity projects from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as Lithuanian and Estonian LIFE Programme national contact points. The aim of the event was to provide space for sharing experiences and good practices concerning project implementation in the Baltic […]

Open day event in Cēsis in the frame of the conversation festival Lampa

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July 1, 2017 – the aim of the interactive event held in close cooperation with the Latvian Fund for Nature was to introduce wider public with grassland ecosystem services, raise the discussion about grasslands provided ecosystem services and importance in everyday’s life as well as offer the option to vote for self-important meadow goods. At […]

Seminar “Actualities for rural people“ held in Cēsis

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April 25, 2017. Aim of the event was to introduce local stakeholders with the actualities applying for the direct payments in 2017 (Rural Support Service) as well as with the LIFE Viva Grass project‘s latest achievements. Project expert A.Ruskule presented the Integrated planning tool and possibilities to use it for landscape planning. Project expert E.Bojārs […]

Discussion forum on cooperation and experience exchange on ES assessment, January 2017

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January 17, 2017 – the second “round table” seminar was held in order to discuss a cooperation and experience exchange on ecosystem services assessment in Latvia. The idea of meeting was to initiate discussion for ecosystem services assessment methodology application in Latvia and share knowledge and experience about ecosystem services evaluation in different areas of […]

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “LOCAL COMMUNITIES, CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND HERITAGE”, OCTOBER 2016

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Thank you for your contribution! EVENT REPORT (of the second day &field trip) CONFERENCE BOOKLET (agenda & speakers) PICTURES VIDEO CLIP SUMMARY Presentations from the event are available and downloadable here:   THURSDAY, 6th of October – Cultural heritage and communities Welcome speeches: Prof Kalev Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences Welcome speech, Video (119,4MB) Mr Andres […]