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SELECTION DOCUMENT OF STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF LITHUANIA - RUSSIA CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION PROGRAMME 2014-2020 ON ENVIRONMENT

June 29, 2015 Vilnius

Selection document of strategic assessment of the impact of Lithuania - Russia cross-border co-operation programme 2014-2020 on environment

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СONTENTS

1. INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION ORGANISER .................................. 4

1.1. Title ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

1.2. Address, telephone, fax, e-mail ......................................................................................................... 4

1.3. Other information ................................................................................................................................. 4

2. INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMME................................................................................................ 5

2.1. Title of the Programme ....................................................................................................................... 5

2.2. Main objectives of the Programme ................................................................................................... 5

2.3. Links between the Programme and other plans or programmes ................................................. 5

2.4. Description of the alternatives of the Programme .......................................................................... 6

3. INFORMATION ON THE PROSPECTIVE LOCATION OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION . 7

3.1. Information on the possible alternative locations of Programme implementation ..................... 7

3.2. Information on each anticipated location of Programme implementation ................................... 7

3.2.1. Territory protection status ........................................................................................................... 7

3.2.2. Does the territory cover protected species of fauna and flora and/or natural habitats, other protected values of natural or cultural heritage? .................................................................... 18

3.2.3. Might implementation of the Programme determine exceeding of the environment quality norms in the territory? .............................................................................................................. 18

3.2.4. Is the territory sensitive and (or) valuable from the point of view of environmental protection? .............................................................................................................................................. 18

4. INFORMATION ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................. 19

5. OTHER INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 24

5.1. Information on the measures anticipated for prevention, mitigation or compensation of the negative effects of the Programme on environment ............................................................................ 24

5.2. Information on the plausibility of public discontent related to the Programme ......................... 24

APPENDIXES ................................................................................................................................................ 25


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INTRODUCTION

Public Establishment Joint Technical Secretariat is preparing Lithuania – Russia cross-border co-operation programme 2014-2020 (hereinafter – the Programme).

Considering incompatibilities of the Programme with the terms, defined in 6.1 – 6.4 articles of the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No.1467, issued on December 23, 2014, “On amendment of the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 967, issued on August 18, 2004, “On confirmation of the description order for strategic assessment of the impact of plans and programmes on environment””, where the assessment is required, following the terms defined in sub-article 6.5, the selection for the strategic assessment of the impact of the Programme on environment (SAIE) is performed. The procedures of the Selection reveal whether the SAIE is required. Following the certificate, issued on December 10, 2014 by the Chancellery of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Department of Rural Affairs and Sustainable Development No.NV-3874 “On amendment of the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No.967, issued on August 18, 2004, “On confirmation of the description order for strategic assessment of the impact of plans and programmes on environment” No. 14-0893-N”, after the performance of the initial procedure – the selection which reveals that the SAIE is required, a separate document on the volumes of the SAIE is not required. Thus, the volumes of the assessment have been defined considering the proposals of the assessment subjects on the volume and comprehensiveness of the assessment (14, 15 articles of the Description).

Information for the selection document of strategic assessment of the impact of the Programme on environment has been prepared with reference to the order issued on August 27, 2004 by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania No. D1-456, which confirmed the description order for strategic assessment of the impact of plans and programmes on environment (published in information release “Valstybes zinios”, No.136-4971, 2004) (hereinafer - the Description).

Aims of the Selection performance:

• to assess whether implementation of the Programme might have any significant negative effects on environment;

• to determine whether the strategic assessment of the effects on environment is necessary for this Programme;

• to ensure consideration of the environmental issues in the earliest planning stage, anticipating the measures of prevention and avoidance of any negative effects.

Selection document of strategic assessment of the impact of the Programme on environment consists of the information presented by the Programme implementation organiser and the table containing the data on the significance of the Programme implementation effects on environment (prepared with reference to the Description, appendix 3).


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1. INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION ORGANISER

1.1. Title

Public Establishment Joint Technical Secretariat.

1.2. Address, telephone, fax, e-mail

Contact person – Sigita Baronaitė; address: Konstitucijos per. 7, LT-09308 Vilnius; tel. (8 5) 248 7233; fax (8 5) 261 0498; e-mail: [email protected].

1.3. Other information

Executor of the strategic assessment of the impact of the Programme on environment (SAIE) – „Inlinen“, Ltd.

Contact people: chief manager Linas Pečiulis, „Inlinen“, Ltd. general manager, mob. +370 618 66562; project executors: doc. dr. Ligita Gasparėnienė, mob. +370 611 47398, e-mail [email protected], doc. dr. Rita Remeikienė, mob. +370 616 24114, e-mail [email protected]


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2. INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMME 2.1. Title of the Programme

LITHUANIA – RUSSIA CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION PROGRAMME 2014-2020

2.2. Main objectives of the Programme

Objective 1 – promotion of local culture and maintenance of historic heritage (priority 1 – restoration and adaptation of historic heritage, support of culture, cultural networks and tourism development); Objective 2 – promotion of social integration and fighting against poverty (priority 2 – promotion of social integration and co-operation in cross-border region, ensuring health, social, education services and communal initiatives); Objective 3 - support for local and regional management (priority 3 – promotion of co-operation between public authorities and local communities); Objective 4 - border management and border safety promotion, management of mobility and migration (priority 4 – assurance of effective border crossing functions).

2.3. Links between the Programme and other plans or programmes

The Programme is related to and will complement the other cross-border programmes to be implemented during the period of 2014-2020. Information on participation of the particular regions, which are located in the Programme territory, in the other cross-border programmes has been presented in the table below.

Table 1. Information on the other cross-border programmes implemented in the Programme territory. Region of Lithuania

– Russia cross-border co-operation

programme

Lithuania - Poland cross-border co-

operation programme

Poland - Russia cross-

border co-operation

programme

Latvia – Lithuania – Byelorussia

cross-border co-operation

programme

Latvia – Lithuania cross-border co-

operation programme

Kaliningrad region + Klaipėda county + Marijampolė county + Tauragė county +

adjacent territory

Alytus county (adjoining region)

+ +

Kaunas county (adjoining region)

+

adjacent territory

+

adjoining region

+

adjacent territory Telšiai county (adjoining region)

+

Šiauliai county (adjoining region)

+

Both Lithuania (all the country) and Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation will participate in implementation in the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 (the programme of supranational co-operation).

Lithuania – Russia cross-border co-operation programme is also related to the European Union funding, which should be provided to Lithuania in 2014-2020 from the European Union


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Internal Security Fund. Lithuania – Russia cross-border co-operation programme and the European Union Internal Security Fund will contribute to the security increase and sound border activities. Thus, implementation of the Programme (especially what concerns Objective 4 – border management and border safety promotion, management of mobility and migration) should be closely coordinated with the Internal Security Fund.

Lithuania – Russia cross-border co-operation programme will have to be closely coordinated with the support from the European structural and Cohesion funds, which is provided to Lithuania via investment in economic growth and creation of work places – primarily, following the European Union Structural Funds Investment Actions Programme 2014 – 2020.

Implementation of the Programme will contribute to the strategy “Europe 2020”, which is designed to direct the European Union towards advanced, sustainable and integrational economics, creating high employment, efficiency and social integration.

Implementation of the Programme will contribute to the achievement of general priorities of the co-operation between the European Union and Russia in the Baltic Sea region. Implementation of the Programme will enable to achieve the general priorities of the Social and Economic Development Strategy in the north-west federal district of Russian Federation by 2020 as well as the priorities of the European Union Baltic Sea Region Strategy. Five general priorities have been identified: civil security (accidents at sea and on land), transport, environment (including agriculture), population relations and business co-operation/innovations.

2.4. Description of the alternatives of the Programme

Selected alternatives of the Programme:

1. Zero alternative – implementation of all the measures anticipated in the Programme is refused.

2. Programme implementation alternative – all the measures anticipated in the Programme are implemented.


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3. INFORMATION ON THE PROSPECTIVE LOCATION OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

3.1. Information on the possible alternative locations of Programme implementation

Alternative locations of Programme implementation have not been anticipated.

3.2. Information on each anticipated location of Programme implementation

The Programme involves the major (Klaipėda, Marijampolė, Tauragė counties) and adjoining (Alytus, Kaunas, Telšiai and Šiauliai counties) Lithuanian regions as well as major Russian region - Kaliningrad region.

3.2.1. Territory protection status The territory, where the Programme is due to be implemented, covers a wide variety of

natural environment. Following the regime of protection, the territory of the Programme covers the following types of protected territories:

• National parks; • Regional parks; • State nature reserves; • State reserves; • NATURA 2000 territories; • Unique natural values of international importance (biosphere reserves, Ramsar

wetlands).

The list of the protected territories that are located in the major regions of the Programme have been presented in the table below.


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Table 2. The main protected territories in the major regions of the Programme implementation. Name of Protected

area Area, ha International importance status assigned to the protected

area or its part / protected species and habitats National Parks Curonian Spit 6.621 - Curonian Spit national park

27.389 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status.

Regional Parks Nemunas delta regional park


Pagramantis regional park

13.529 Only the part of the territory has a Habitat protection status.

Pajūris regional park 5.870 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status. Panemunės regional park


Rambynas regional park


Salantai regional park 13.264 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status. Varniai regional park 33.475 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status. Vištytis regional park 10.429 Only the part of the territory has a Habitat protection status. State Strict Reserves Viešvilė state strict reserve

3.219 Ramsar; all the territory has Habitat protection status.

State Reserves Geomorphological: Ablinga geomorphological reserve

452.54 No / -.

Aguonis geomorphological reserve

332.06 No / -.

Būtingė geomorphological reserve

34.45 No / -.

Gėsalai geomorphological reserve

323.60 No / -.

Kaskalnis geomorphological reserve

903.22 All the territory has Habitat protection status.

Skriaudžiai geomorphological reserve

0.24 No / -.

Upyna geomorphological reserve

572.53 No / -.

Hydrographical: Aitra hydrographical reserve


Aukspirta hydrographical reserve

112.84 No / -.

Graumena hydrographical reserve


Jotija hydrographical reserve

92.65 No / -.

Mituva hydrographical reserve



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Name of Protected area

Area, ha International importance status assigned to the protected area or its part / protected species and habitats

Nova hydrographical reserve

453.61 No / -.

Širvinta hydrographical reserve

208.12 No / -.

Pedological: Baltkojai pedological reserve

158.83 No / -.

Meškinė pedological reserve

93.35 All the territory has a Birds protection status.

Varnabūdė pedological reserve

110.90 No / -.

Botanical: Girdžiai botanical reserve

35.83 No / reserve established to preserve habitats of rare species plant (Green-winged Orchid) which is included in the Red List of Lithuania.

Jūra botanical reserve 16.94 No / reserve established to preserve habitats of rare species plants.

Kintai botanical reserve 520.20 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve natural swampy meadows of lagooneshore with halophytes species communities as well as lagooneshore forests.

Lapgiriai botanical reserve

142.97 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve habitats of rare species plants.

Lužija botanical reserve 67.62 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve plant communities of lagooneshore's sandy beaches with rare species of halophytes and water-meadows including rare plants of Curonian Lagoon

Margupis botanical reserve

25.25 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve rare plants species: Sloe (Prunus spinosa), Star Gentian (Gentiana cruciata), and its habitats; to preserve habitats of European Community importance: Juniper communis formations, Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrublands on calcareous substrates.

Norkaičiai botanical reserve

518.51 No / reserve established to preserve tamed forest of the Seashore Upland with oak-woods and lime-groves.

Smeltė botanical reserve

3.65 No / reserve established to preserve habitats of rare species plants.

Šiaudėnai botanical reserve

248.19 All the territory has a Birds protection status / reserve established to preserve hornbeam and oak with rare plants species, which are included in the Red List of Lithuania.

Zoological: Ornithological: Novaraistis ornithological reserve

460.29 All the territory has a Birds protection status / reserve established to preserve the place of birds hatching and the resting point for migratory birds in The Southwestern Lithuania.

Old Rusnė ornithological reserve

94.60 The territory has a Birds protection status / reserve established to preserve collection places of the Black tern (Chlidonias niger), Corn crake (Crex crex) and Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

Ichtiological: Bartuva ichtiological reserve

458.36 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve spawning grounds of trouts and bull-trouts.

Dubysa ichtiological reserve

116.28 Only the part of the territory has a Birds protection status; all the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to


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preserve spawning grounds of vimbas. Jūra ichtiological reserve

1487.76 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve spawning grounds of salmons, trouts, vimbas.

Minija ichtiological reserve (Klaipeda district territory)

1045.67 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve spawning grounds of trouts, salmons, brown trouts, vimbas.

Minija ichtiological reserve (Šilutė district territory)

688.67 The territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve migration path and spawning grounds of valuable fishes, to preserve habitats of the protected animals (Baltic salmon, Pond Bat, Spined loach, Asp, Large White-faced, Otter).

Veiviržas ichtiological reserve

1953.35 Part of the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve spawning grounds of trouts, salmons, brown trouts, vimbas.

Entomological: Kartenalė entomological reserve

102.95 No / reserve established to preserve Kartenale valley’s entomofauna complex with rare species of butterflies.

Botanical-zoological: Laumiai botanical-zoological reserve

253.79 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve Laumiai forest with rare species of plants and animals.

Margininkai botanical-zoological reserve

1310.30 Part of the territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve Margininkai pine forest, Sventoji riverside flora and unique fauna.

Meškos botanical-zoological reserve

146.02 Part of the territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve European Community Importance species: Scarce Large Blue (Maculinea teleius), Large Copper (Lycaena dispar), European Community Importance habitats: Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands; Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Species-rich grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; northern boreal alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Fennoscandian wooded pastures.

Sausgalviai meadows botanical-zoological reserve

240.49 Part of the territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve hatching places of protected birds (Corn Crake, Ruff, Great snipe, Black Tern, Aquatic warbler); habitats of protected animals (Large White-faced, Otter, Loach).

Sudėnai botanical-zoological reserve

110.38 The territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve stretch along valley of Sventoji river, characterized by large variety of ecotops with rare plants and animals species, which are included in the Red List of Lithuania.

Svencelė meadows botanical-zoological reserve

49.88 The territory has a Birds protection status / reserve established to preserve Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola).

Šaltuona botanical-zoological reserve

66.12 The territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve: Meadow Gladiolus (Gladiolus imbricatus), Thick Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus), Scarce large blue (Maculinea teleius), Large copper (Lycaena dispar), habitats of European Community importance: Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities, Lowland hay meadows, Hornbeam forests, forests of slopes, screes and ravines.

Virbalgiris botanical-zoological reserve

367.89 The territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve unique lime-trees with miscellaneous


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fauna. Telmological: Aukštasis Tyras telmological reserve

0.32 All the territory has Habitat protection status; part of the territory has a Birds protection status / reserve established to preserve: Eriophoro-Trichophoretum cespitosi and Sphagno tenelli-Rhynchosporetum albae; Common spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata, Dactylorhiza maculata and Dactylorhiza baltica, Trichophorum caespitosum, Firmosses, Carex paupercula, Poa remota; Black Stork, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Honey Buzzard, Goshawk, Eurasian Hobby, Black Grouse, Hazel Grouse, Common Crane, Eurasian Golden Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Wood Sandpiper, European Nightjar, Red-backed shrike, Great Grey Shrike; Otter, Eurasian lynx, Mountain Hare; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Lactarius lignyotus, Lactarius scrobiculatus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Pycnoporellus fulgens; Natural dystrophic lakes, Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities, Alluvial meadows, Lowland hay meadows, Active raised bogs, Transition mires and quaking bogs, Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion, Mineral-rich springs and springfens; Western taiga, herb-rich forests with Picea abies, Deciduous swamp woods, Bog woodland, Alluvial forests.

Balandinė telmological reserve

160.26 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve valuable raised bog with protected species of plants and animals and European Community importance habitat – Degraded raised bog.

Baužaičiai telmological reserve

258.68 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve valuable raised bog with protected species of plants and animals and European Community importance habitat – Active raised bog.

Pleinė telmological reserve

277.49 All the territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve bog plants complex with rare species plants habitats.

Reiskiai tyro telmological reserve

52.81 All the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve swampy complex in the western slope of Žemaičių highland.

Svencelė telmological reserve

120672 The territory has Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve botanical and zoological meaning valuable raised bog of Svencelė.

Talasological: Baltic Sea talasological reserve

0.00 All the territory has a Birds protection status; part of the territory has a Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve wintering and migratory collection places of Red-throated Diver, Stellers Eider, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Little Gull.

Landscape: Ančia landscape reserve

338.13 All the territory has a Habitat protection status.

Apuolė landscape reserve

317.92 Part of the territory has a Habitat protection status.

Grūšlaukė landscape reserve

509.70 No / -.

Kazlų Rūda landscape reserve

859.72 All the territory has a Habitat protection status.

Kliošiai landscape reserve

2618.88 All the territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status / reserve established to preserve the landscape of lagooneshore plain of marchy forests and wetlands with botanical and


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zoological worths. Liekė landscape reserve

94.26 No / -.

Minija old valley landscape reserve

1655.68 The territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status.

Stempliai landscape reserve

581.31 The territory has a Birds and Habitat protection status.

Šešupė landscape reserve

255.83 No / -.

Veiviržas landscape reserve

1777.87 The territory has a Habitat protection status.

Natura 2000 territories important for the conservation of habitats Šilinė environs 36 Semi-natural dry grasslands; Western taiga; Fennoscandian

wooded pastures; Hornbeam forests. Šešuvis river lower Pašešuvis

899 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Water courses with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Molinia meadows; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Fennoscandian wooded pastures; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Large copper; Scarce large blue; Thick shelled river mussel; Bullhead; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Otter; River lamprey.

Dubysa river lower Lyduvėnai

1052 Baltic salmon; Bitterling; Brook lamprey; Thick shelled river mussel; Spined loach; Bullhead; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Otter.

Gystus river valley 147 Semi-natural dry grasslands; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Alluvial forests.

Klangiai meadows 32 Semi-natural dry grasslands. Seredžius meadows 11 Semi-natural dry grasslands. Viešvilė riverhead wetland

5693 Water courses with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation; Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands; Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Dry heats; Xeric sand calcareous grasslands; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Species-rich grasslands; Active raised bogs; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens; Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Eurasian lynx; Otter; Large copper; Scarce large blue; Boros schneideri; Weatherfish; Brook lamprey; Water beetle; Yellow widelip orchid; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Large White-faced; Bog saxifrage; American Pasqueflower; Slender green feather-moss.

Armena exposure 218 Siliceous rocky slopes; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Riparian mixed forests along the great rivers; Large copper.

Balandinė swamp 160 Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration. Baužaičiai swamp 259 Active raised bogs; Transition mires and quaking bogs;

Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland. Karšuva forest 37194 Scarce large blue; Eurasian lynx; Boros schneideri. Laukesa Iandscape reserve

1187 Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Lowland hay meadows; Active raised bogs; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Western taiga; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Boros schneideri


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Margupis juniper 25 Calaminarian grasslands; Semi-natural dry grasslands. Šaltuona river valley 66 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay

meadows; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Large copper; Scarce large blue; Thick shelled river mussel.

Nemunas river in Panemunės regional park

953 Baltic salmon; Bitterling; Spined loach; Asp; Otter; River lamprey.

Peleniai village environs 47 Semi-natural dry grasslands. Liubavas village environs

153 Semi-natural dry grasslands.

Ąžuolų Būda forest 860 Western taiga; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland.

Curonian Lagoon 37910 Estuaries; Coastal lagoons; Baltic salmon; Bitterling; Ziege; Spined loach; Twait shad; Asp; River lamprey.

Curonian Spit 9986 Embryonic shifting dunes; White dunes; Grey dunes; Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum; Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariea); Wooded dunes; Humid dune slacks; Dry sand heaths; Large copper; Linaria loeselii; Twait shad.

Minija river valley 1621 Water courses with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay meadows; Siliceous rocky slopes; Wooded pastures; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Alluvial forests; Riparian mixed forests along the great rivers; Otter; Spined loach; Bitterling; Bullhead; Thick shelled river mussel.

Svencelė swamp 1207 Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Natural dystrophic lakes; Active raised bogs; Bog woodland.

Lužija and Tyrai swamps

2687 Dry sand heaths; Xeric sand calcareous grasslands; Molinia meadows; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Bog woodland; Scarce large blue.

Veiviržas river swamps 1729 Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands; Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Water courses with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation; Xeric sand calcareous grasslands; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Molinia meadows; Alluvial meadows; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay meadows; Wooded meadows; Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Wooded pastures; Deciduous swamp woods; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Old acidophilous oak woods on sandy plains; Alluvial forests; Scarce large blue; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Large copper; Thick shelled river mussel.

Veiviržas and Šalpė rivers

1714 Large copper; Scarce large blue; Thick Shelled River Mussel; Bullhead; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Otter; River lamprey.

Minija river 1890 Bitterling; Thick shelled river mussel; Spined loach; Bullhead; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Otter; River lamprey.

Seaside dunes 425 Embryonic shifting dunes; White dunes; Grey dunes; Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariea); Wooded dunes; Dry sand heaths; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Lowland hay meadows; Linaria loeselii.

Baltic Sea coast 12634 Reefs; River lamprey. Rietavas forests 30109 Natural dystrophic lakes; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay


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meadows; Active raised bogs; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion; Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens; Western taiga; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Scarce large blue; Eurasian lynx; Thick shelled river mussel; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly.

Žuvintas lake and Bukta forest

15868 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.; Natural dystrophic lakes; Molinia meadows; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Active raised bogs; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens; Alkaline fens; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Scarce Fritillary; Yellow widelip orchid; Bog saxifrage; European Fire-bellied Toad; Otter; Large copper; Diving Beetle; Slender green feather-moss; Narrow-mouthed whorl snail.

Jūra river lower Tauragė

607 Bitterling; Spined loach; Bullhead; Green Club-tailed Dragonfly; Asp; Otter; River lamprey.

Pleinė swamp 277 Active raised bogs; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Bog woodland.

Ragainė curve 689 Semi-natural dry grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows.

Šereitlaukis forest 1481 Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Old acidophilous oak woods on sandy plains; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Boros schneideri.

Nemunas river in Rambynas regional park


Nemunas hornbeam from Kriukai to Gelgaudiškis

1363 Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Alluvial forests; Riparian mixed forests along the great rivers; Otter.

Nemunas river in Panemunės regional park


Paršežeris-Lūkstas swamp complex

2867

Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Molinia meadows; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay meadows; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Alkaline fens; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Marsh fritillary; Water beetle; Yellow widelip orchid; Narrow-mouthed whorl snail; Spined loach; Slender green feather-moss.

Gojus hornbeam 12 Hornbeam forests. Medvėgalis meadows 45 Semi-natural dry grasslands. Pagramantis regional park

11483 Alluvial meadows; Active raised bogs; Siliceous rocky slopes; Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Marsh fritillary; Scarce Fritillary; Large copper; Scarce large blue; Otter.

Žalioji forest 581 Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Deciduous swamp woods; Scarce large blue; Thick Shelled River Mussel.


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Kintai meadows and forests

519 Wooded dunes; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay meadows; Western taiga; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Bog woodland; Otter; Large copper.

Nemunas delta 23906 Estuaries; Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands; Natural dystrophic lakes; Rivers with muddy banks; Xeric sand calcareous grasslands; Alluvial meadows; Active raised bogs; Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Baltic salmon; Bitterling; Pond Bat; Spined loach; Asp; Great Crested Newt; Large White-faced; Otter; Weatherfish.

Šventoji river valley by Margininkai

146 Semi-natural dry grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Wooded meadows; Alluvial forests.

Kulaliai boulders 59 Dry heats; Calaminarian grasslands; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Molinia meadows.

Šaukliai boulders 82 Dry heats; Calaminarian grasslands; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Molinia meadows.

Rimšinė forest 26 Hornbeam forests. Žemaitija national park 17913 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara

spp.; Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Natural dystrophic lakes; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Molinia meadows; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus; Alkaline fens; Western taiga; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Bog woodland; Alluvial forests; Marsh fritillary; Large copper; Water beetle; Yellow widelip orchid; Geyer’s Whorl Snail; Eurasian lynx; Little grapefern; Thick shelled river mussel; Great Crested Newt; Large White-faced; Otter; Slender green feather-moss.

Ančia river valley 338 Water courses with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation, Xeric sand calcareous grasslands; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Wooded meadows; Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens; Siliceous rocky slopes; Hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests, Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Wooded pastures; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Forests of slopes, screes and ravines; Alluvial forests; Scarce large blue.

Meškos meadows 148 Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands; Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation; Semi-natural dry grasslands; Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Species-rich grasslands; Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Alluvial meadows; Lowland hay meadows; Wooded pastures; Large copper; Scarce large blue.

Dabrupinė forest 115 Western taiga; Deciduous swamp woods. Virbalgiris forest 368 Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Large copper. Drausgiris forest 595 Species-rich Nardus grasslands; Molinia meadows;

Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Lowland hay meadows; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Bog woodland; European Fire-bellied Toad; Dicranum viride.

Grybingiris forest 372 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Alluvial forests.

Pavištytis meadows 23 Semi-natural dry grasslands; Lowland hay meadows.


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Tadarinė and Vištytgiris forests

1174 Natural dystrophic lakes; Transition mires and quaking bogs; Herb-rich forests with Picea abies; Deciduous swamp woods; Hornbeam forests; Large copper.

Peleniai village environs 47 Semi-natural dry grasslands. Natura 2000 territories important for the conservation of birds Nemunas river banks and islands between Kulautuva and Smalininkai

3532 Little tern (Sterna albifrons) protection.

Nemunas river banks between Raudonė and Gelgaudiškis

760 Corn Crake (Crex crex) protection.

Nemunas valley meadows by Viešvilė


Šesuvis and Jūra river valleys

1353 Corn Crake (Crex crex), Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) protection.

Dubysa river valley 1117 Corn Crake (Crex crex), Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) protection.

Blinstrubiškis forest 2215 White tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) protection. Novaraistis ornithological reserve

827 Common crane (Grus grus), Common tern (Sterna hirundo) collection places protection.

Curonian Spit national park

23859 White tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris); migrating Little gull (Larus minutus) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) collection places in the Curonian Lagoon and in the Baltic Sea, and wintering Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) and Razorbill (Alca torda) collection places in the Baltic sea, also protection of birds migratory flow convergence places.

Kalviai quarry 37 Common tern (Sterna hirundo) protection. Nemirseta meadows 151 Tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) protection. Tyrai swamp 2234 Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Wood sandpiper (Acrocephalus

paludicola) protection. Reiskiai Tyras swamp 4046 Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Wood sandpiper

(Tringa glareola) protection. Minija river valley 2175 Corn Crake (Crex crex), Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

protection. Aukštasis Tyras swamp 1295 Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Wood sandpiper

(Tringa glareola) protection. Svencelė meadows 55 Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) protection. Vainutas forests 14679 Black stork (Ciconia nigra), European honey buzzard (Pernis

apivorus) protection. Baltic Sea coast 17097 Stellers Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Common goldeneye

(Bucephala clangula), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) and Little gull (Larus minutus) wintering and migratory flow convergence places protection.

Balbieriškis forest 3061 Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) protection. Žuvintas, Žaltytis and Amalvas swamps

18490 Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Harrier (Circus pygargus), Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), Corn Crake (Crex crex), Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Little Crake (Porzana parva), Common crane (Grus grus), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos), bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola); migrating Common crane (Grus grus), White-


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fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) ir Bean goose (Anser fabalis) collection place protection.

Senrusnė and Sennemunė lakes

1586 Corn Crake (Crex crex), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus); migrating White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) collection places, also white stork (Ciconia ciconia) and protection of raptors birds migratory flow convergence places.

Sausgalviai meadows 356 Great snipe (Gallinago media), Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) protection.

Nemunas delta 26310 Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Harrier (Circus pygargus), White tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Little Crake (Porzana parva), Corn Crake (Crex crex), Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Great snipe (Gallinago media), Little Gull (Larus minutus), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Little tern (Sterna albifrons), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana); birds migratory flow convergence places, also migrating Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) and Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) ir Greylag Goose (Anser anser), Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Wigeon (Anas penelope), Northern pintail (Anas acuta), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) ir Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) ir Smew (Mergus albellus), Sandpipers birds, White tailed Sea Eagle collection place protection.

Apšė river valley 325 Corn Crake (Crex crex) protection. Erla and Salantas rivers old valleys


Žemaitija national park 21189 Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia), Corn Crake (Crex crex) protection.

Visbarai fisheries ponds 661 Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) protection.

Širvinta river valley 496 Corn Crake (Crex crex) protection. Ramsar wetlands Nemunas delta 26310 Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Marsh Harrier (Circus

aeruginosus), Harrier (Circus pygargus), White tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Little Crake (Porzana parva), Corn Crake (Crex crex), Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Great snipe (Gallinago media), Little Gull (Larus minutus), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Little tern (Sterna albifrons), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana); birds migratory flow convergence places, also migrating Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) and Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) ir Greylag Goose (Anser anser), Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Wigeon (Anas penelope), Northern pintail


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(Anas acuta), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) ir Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) and Smew (Mergus albellus), Sandpipers birds, White tailed Sea Eagle collection place protection.

Biosphere reserves Žuvintas biosphere reserve

18490 Part of the territory have a Birds and Habitat protection status.

There are more protected areas in the territory of the Programme in Lithuania. The territories with the highest protection level – national parks, state nature reserves and state reserves – cover nearly 0.5 per cent in the Russian territory of the Programme, and 2 per cent in the Lithuanian territory of the Programme.

The territories with lower protection level (regional parks) cover nearly 9 per cent of the Programme territory in Lithuania.

European ecological network “Natura 2000”, which covers the territories significant for habitat protection and birds‘ protection, works only in Lithuania, where the territories significant for habitat protection cover nearly 17 per cent, and the territories significant for birds’ protection - nearly 11 per cent of the territory of the Programme. The biggest part of these territories overlap with other protected territories, thus, their areas cannot be summed up.

It can be stated that the protected territories, which determine significant barriers for investment, make nearly 25 per cent of the Programme implementation territory in Lithuania, and about 0.5 per cent – in Russian Kaliningrad region.

3.2.2. Does the territory cover protected species of fauna and flora and/or natural habitats, other protected values of natural or cultural heritage?

The territory is rich in protected species of fauna and flora, natural habitats and other protected values of natural and cultural heritage.

3.2.3. Might implementation of the Programme determine exceeding of the environment quality norms in the territory?

Implementation of the Programme will not determine any background for the environment quality deterioration and discrepancy of the quality norms in the territories.

3.2.4. Is the territory sensitive and (or) valuable from the point of view of environmental protection? Some territories, where the Programme is due to be implemented, are sensitive and/or

valuable from the point of view of environmental protection. However, implementation of the Programme will not determine any deterioration of the current state of the territories.

4. INFORMATION ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT Table 3. Significance of the Programme implementation effects on environment. Environmental components

Programme solutions Motives, notes Promotion of local culture and maintenance of historic heritage: Restoration of the historic heritage and its adaptation for tourism or multifunctional use (for cultural, educational, religious and/or tourism purposes); Development of the mutual cultural and educational tourism routes (including small-scale public tourism infrastructure), products, relevant IT tools (special websites, mutual databases on the cultural and historic monuments and other objects of tourist attraction), two-sided trade and mutual brands. Organisation of the mutual cultural events – festivals, fairs, art exhibitions, cultural exchange activities and similar events; Organisation of craftspeople’s and artists’ training; Promotion of making and development of the contacts and relations between artists, traditional craftspeople, etc.; Promotion of local and regional communal initiatives in the fields of culture, traditional crafts and products; Mutual training, knowledge transfers, sharing the experience and the best practice.

Promotion of social integration and fighting against poverty: Co-operation and mutual actions improving the quality of social and health care; Co-operation and mutual actions improving teaching quality, developing mutual educational programs and initiatives, increasing accessibility to life-long learning; Co-operation and mutual actions promoting social integration and employment, directing the measures towards the unemployed, alienated, elderly people, immigrants, ethnic minorities and other risk groups; Performance of the mutual investment, pilot and demonstrative cross-border co-operation projects in the spheres of health care, labour, social services and education; Mutual training, knowledge transfer, sharing the experience and the best practice while promoting regional and individual employment, labour movement, education, social integration and fighting against poverty; Co-operation and mutual actions in prevention, monitoring and treatment of infective diseases (including tuberculosis and AIDS) and addictions to alcohol/drugs; Promotion of mutual local and regional communal initiatives and services, directed towards employment and social integration; Promotion of health lifestyles.

Support for local and regional management: Promotion of co-operation and coordination while planning and managing common natural resources (Baltic Sea, Curonian Lagoon, Curonian Spit, Nemunas river basin and other natural values), infrastructures and public services; Co-operation and mutual actions strengthening the capacities to react to emergencies and natural disasters; Co-operation and mutual actions fighting against smuggling and border crime; Promotion of population relationship and support of local and regional communal initiatives that are directed towards traditional and cultural co-operation, strengthening of local links and mutual understanding, expansion of the opportunities for local communities to participate in community leadership service, etc. Co-operation while solving common environmental problems, including building of the necessary infrastructures.

Border management and border safety promotion, management of mobility and migration: Development and modernisation of cross-border infrastructures; Acquisition and implementation of new equipment and software; Mutual training, knowledge transfer, sharing of the experience and the best practice between cross-border services – customs, border security service, etc.

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Surface water 0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the surface water.

Underground water

0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the underground water.

Environment air 0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the environment air.

Climatic factors 0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the climatic factors.


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Soil 0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the soil.

Natural habitats and biodiversity (including effects on fauna and flora)

0 0 + 0 Due to coordinated activities of both countries and bilateral management of common natural resources, the state of natural habitats should improve, biodiversity should be maintained and increased; thus, significant positive effects are plausible.

Landscape 0 0 0 0 The measures anticipated in the Programme will not determine neither positive nor negative significant effects on the landscape.

Cultural heritage + 0 0 0 Due to propagation of the cultural heritage, significant positive effects are plausible.


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Material anthropogenic resources

+ + + + Practically all measures, anticipated in the Programme, should determine significant positive effects on material anthropogenic resources.

Renewable and non-renewable natural resources

0 0 + 0 Planning of the usage of the overall natural resources will determine significant positive effects.

Population health 0 + + 0 Monitoring, prevention and treatment of infective diseases and addictions as well as promotion of health lifestyles, reduction of poverty and unemployment will have significant positive effects on population health improvement.

Population welfare

+ + + + All the measures anticipated in the Programme are directly aimed at the increase of social welfare, which should determine significant positive effects.


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Population safety 0 0 + + Building of the capacity on reaction to extreme situations as well as border security increase will have significant positive effects on the component of population safety.

Interrelation of environmental components and the impact of the Programme on these components

+ + + + + plausible significant positive effects.

Symbols: + plausible significant positive effects. - plausible significant negative effects. + / - plausible both positive and negative effects. 0 - no significant positive or negative effects are anticipated.

5. OTHER INFORMATION

5.1. Information on the measures anticipated for prevention, mitigation or compensation of the negative effects of the Programme on environment

The activities anticipated in the Programme basically include the measures on when particular actions will not be performed due to the risk of their negative effects on environment. Only a small part of the measures that have been pointed out in the Programme (infrastructure construction, development and modernization) may have relatively insignificant short-term local effects on environment.

The measures anticipated in the Programme for the period of the border development will be continuously applied on the basis of co-operation between the both countries in order to minimize plausible negative effects on environment. While planning investment measures, the most valuable nature territories will not be covered. It is important to note that different types of construction and similar activities are legally banned in the protected, nature and cultural heritage territories. Thus, locations of the planned objects will have to be selected so that any negative effects on the protected territories as well as nature and cultural heritage objects would be prevented.

5.2. Information on the plausibility of public discontent related to the Programme The Programme will not have any negative effects on society and environment. On the

contrary, main aims of the Programme are directed towards assurance of the social welfare, especially what concerns the most vulnerable society groups, and better integration. Thus, public discontent related to this Programme is not plausible.


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