AMBER National Workshop in Lithuania
Stream fragmentation in Great Britain
April 16, 2019
AMBER study shows free flowing rivers hardly exist anymore in Europe
May 9, 2019
Freeing the rivers of Lithuania
Date: 20 March 2019
Attendees ranged from various sectors, mainly scientists and government officials representing Ministry of Environment, but also several representatives from municipalities, protected areas; NGOs and Ministry of Agriculture.
Presentations were delivered by guest and local speakers on river restoration and barrier management. There was a discussion on how river restoration practice in Lithuania could be implemented. It was concluded that efforts on data collection and processing is needed to have a comprehensive picture of Lithuanian barriers and their impact on river properties and ecology. Then it was proposed that Lithuania should develop a river restoration strategy based on barrier data.
Karolina Gurjazkaitė opening up the workshop © Pao Fernandez Garrido
Piotr Parasiewicz presenting about AMBER ©Pao Fernandez Garrido
Pao Fernandez Garrido presenting on Dam Removal Europe
