Workshop on biodiversity monitoring for general public

Workshop `Involvment of general public in biodiversity monitoring: experience in the Nordic-Baltic region` for nature conservation NGOs and other interested parties was held in Riga on 24th October.

The workshop was organized in the NCM Office in Latvia project `Nature conservation NGOs in the Nordic-Baltic region – working together` implemented by Latvian Fund for Nature (LV), Sustainable Development Initiatives – DVI (LIT), Estonian Fund for Nature (EE), and Swedish Botanical Society (SE). Representatives from eight NGOs and four government institutions from Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia took part at the workshop. There were 18 participants at the workshop. Representative from the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia Ms. Daina Mežecka opened the workshop.

The goal of the workshop was to exchange best experience on the biodiversity monitoring for general public in the Nordic-Baltic region and to discuss particular organisational and methodological questions regarding biodiversity monitoring for general public. Presentations on volunteer based bird, rare plant species monitoring, and on different biodiversity databases for general public were presented.

Full workshop report and presentations.

Liene Salmiņa

04.11.2009.