1 / 21

Further Greening . State of the Environment 1991 – 2011

Further Greening . State of the Environment 1991 – 2011. Pēteris Lakovskis E xpert in environmental issues RDP Evaluation department Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics (LSIAE). Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics ( founded on 1988 ).

gil
Download Presentation

Further Greening . State of the Environment 1991 – 2011

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. FurtherGreening. State of the Environment 1991 – 2011 Pēteris Lakovskis Expert in environmental issues RDP Evaluation department Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics (LSIAE)

  2. Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics(founded on 1988) • The strategic goal of the LSIAE- promotion of economic and social growth of rural areas in Latvia, providing objective and reliable information on the rural areas and agriculture obtained as a result of the scientific and research work • Main activities:• Data collection, systemizing, analyzing and explaining the economic development of agricultural production, environment, agricultural and food market surveillance;• Policy analysis for agricultural and rural area development of the European Union and Latvia;• Collection of information needed for justification of the adjustment measures of the European Union common market and its generalization on the agricultural product prices and the sales volumes and reporting it to the Ministry of Agriculture; • Preparing the economical accounts of agriculture and reporting it to the Ministry of Agriculture;•Maintenance and provision of operation of the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) according to the Law of Agriculture and Rural Development and the European Union legislation;• Agricultural and food market promotion.

  3. LocationinEurope

  4. LandCover RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNIONSTATISTICAL AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION , REPORT 2011

  5. CORINE landcoverchangesinLatvia Transitional woodland/shrub Mixed forest Coniferous forest Broad-leaved forest Pastures Non-irrigated arable land Final report: Global Monitoring for Environment & Security (GMES) Land Monitoring Fast Track ServicePrecursor / CORINE Land Cover 2006 activities in LATVIA

  6. Latvia 56% Estonia 55% Lithuania 36% Finnish Forest Research Institute - http:www.metla.fimetinfosustainabilityfinnish.htm

  7. LandscapesofLatvia 30%

  8. Mosaictypelandscapes Photo: Krišjānis Sietiņš

  9. Agriculturallandscapes Photo: Krišjānis Sietiņš

  10. Landuse (2010)

  11. StateoftheEnvironment Proportion (%) of high status and good status water quality in basins Data: Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre Proportion (%) of arable land, meadows and pastures Data: State Land Service& Central Statistical Bureau

  12. StateoftheEnvironment Protected areas – 699763 ha (11%)

  13. ExtensiveAgriculture RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNIONSTATISTICAL AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION , REPORT 2011

  14. Managementoffarmlands Proportion (%) of declared areas for single payment in local municipalities Proportion (%) of virgin land in local municipalities Data: Rural Support Service, 2010

  15. Managementoffarmlands Data: Rural Support Service

  16. Changes in financing RDP 2007-2013

  17. Public investment paid, EUR Total: 547 878 498 LVL (771 877 286 EUR), on 01.04.2012.

  18. Landscape elements

  19. Landscape elements

  20. Cognitions and Challenges • Widespread landscapes with the high heterogenity and optimal structure of ecosystems are in the Northern Europe countries, however, an additional attention must be paid to the quality of the landscape structure elements (age of the forest stands, management of the agricultural lands, proportion of grasslands etc.) • CAP is significant tool for the state of environment, but other factors regarding rural development are also important (land policy, socio- economics development) • The Greening measures should be appropriate to the nature conditions of member states and its regions, in the same way the Greening measures should provide its implementation in all country area • Mostimportantarehow Greening measures will be implemented in practice • The used statistical data should objectively describe the state of environment in decision making process

  21. Cognitions and Challenges • Inhabitant survey in 2011 showed thatin the view of respondents over the last 3 years the most prominent improvement has been achieved in the state of environment • A monitoring of necessary environmental indicators nowadays is not sufficient in Latvia (HNV, soil conditions, water quality) • The six measures (incl. 6 submeasures) are implement throught RDP 2007-2013, however, considering assessment experience, those should be more targeted (linkage with Nature management plans, forest sustainable management etc.) • The Greening measures (likesoil protection, buffer zones, edges, hedgerows) should be more implemented in regions with intensive farming (e.g. Zemgale)

More Related