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| PROTECTED AREAS AND BIODIVERSITY The aim of the protected areas system of the Republic of Lithuania is to protect natural and cultural heritage, landscape ecological balance, biodiversity, genetic fund and natural resources. Protected areas occupy 754,000 ha or 11,5% of the whole territory in Lithuania. They consist of 4 strict state reserves, 5 national parks, 30 regional parks, 258 state and 101 municipal reserves, 662 protected landscape objects. According to Lithuanian Forest Assessment, by 1 January 2001 forests in protected areas occupy 380,000 ha, i.e. account for 50,4% of protected areas and 18,8% of forest territory. In addition, 293,000 ha of forests are under restricted forestry activities: multipurpose protective forests, urban and recreational forests, soil and field protecting forests, etc. Thus, the area of protected areas and other forests with restricted economic regime totals 674,000 ha or 33,3% of the whole Lithuania’s forest cover. Comparing to 1 January 1998, forestry area distribution by forest groups has changed in favour of strict reserve, special purpose and protective forests (I, II and III groups), which expanded from 614,000 ha to 646,000 ha over the last four years. These forests share in total forest territory increased from 28,6% to 29,6%. I group (strict nature reserves) forestry area occupy 1,6%, II group (ecosystem preserving and recreational) – 12,8%, III group (protective) – 15,2% and IV group (commercial) – 70,4%. The Lithuanian-Swedish project “Pilot Woodland Key Habitat Inventory in Lithuania” started in 2001. The project aim is to develop a methodology and classification system adapted to Lithuanian conditions, perform a pilot inventory in particular areas, build Woodland Key Habitat (WKH) database. Foresters, ecologists from administrations of protected areas and NGO’s have been trained in the methodology and a pilot inventory took place in eleven state forest enterprises, three national parks. In total 1821 WKHs were indicated, and this corresponds to the area of 6,346 ha.
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