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Management of Coastal Meadows in Estonia

Learn about the challenges and lessons in managing coastal meadows in Estonia, including the role of farmers, NGOs, and companies, subsidy support, and restoration projects. Explore opportunities for improvement in the new CAP period.

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Management of Coastal Meadows in Estonia

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  1. ... The management of coastal meadows in Estonia Annely Reinloo Estonian Environmental Board Chief Specialist of Land Servicing 28.08.2012 Kiel

  2. Semi-natural habitats in Estonia 75 000 ha (all habitat types) Semi-natural habitat on Natura 2000 network area Semi-natural habitat outside Natura 2000 network area

  3. Decline of semi-natural habitats in the past 100 years (Kukk & Kull, 1997)

  4. Coastal meadows in Estonia 20 000 ha

  5. Managed coastal meadows in Estonia 10 000 ha

  6. Who manages semi-natural habitats? About 950 farmers (22%), NGOs (6%), companies (72%) (all managed habitat types); CAP subsidy forms around 40% of the managers income when grazing and up to 90% when mowing

  7. Main challenges managing coastal meadows Harsh landscape compared to cultural land CAP subsidies are not covering the actual management cost Nature conservation rules are difficult to meet

  8. Other means of restoration and management NGOs Estonian Fund for Nature; Estonian Seminatural Community Conservation Association Volunteers Conservation holidays organised by NGOs Projects: Life(+) & ERDF

  9. Projects Mostly LIFE and RDF projects 14 projects carried out for coastal meadow restoration and management (3000 ha of coastal meadow restored) Most successful project 2001-2004 Life Nature- restoration of costal meadows about 700 ha of coastal meadows restored and 1600 taken into management under this project

  10. Advisory services There is no advisory service system in place for semi-natural area management in Estonia Advice is provided by the Environmental Board land servicing specialists These specialists also give confirmation for the subsidy applications and perform on site checks

  11. Lessons learned from this CAP period Coastal meadows under CAP management provide open landscape but lack “fine-tuning” needed for bird and amphibian species Lack of long term planning leaves farmers into uncertainty about the future and does not provide sustainable management of the coastal meadows Lack of management efficiency monitoring

  12. Lessons learned from this CAP period lapwing baltic dunlin ruff black-tail godwit

  13. What can we do differently in the new CAP? Provide extra support to carry out “fine-tuning” Long term planning- management plans for the farmers and semi-natural habitat action plan Management efficiency monitoring system Advisory system

  14. Sustainable management Large proportion of the income is from the subsidy “Meadow meat” marketing- export interest is very high Other products like hay, wool ect. still not attractive

  15. More information about coastal meadow management in Estonia Best practice guideline for coastal meadow management (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showFile&rep=file&fil=Coastal_Meadow_Preservation_in_Estonia.pdf) LIFE project webpage - Boreal Baltic Coastal Meadow Preservation in Estonia (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=1720&docType=pdf) Rannaniitude hooldamise kava (Habitat based management guideline for coastal medows) (http://www.keskkonnaamet.ee/public/PLK/Lisa_1_Rannaniitude_hoolduskava_2011.pdf)

  16. Thank you! Any further questions: Annely.Reinloo@keskkonnaamet.ee

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