SavePeatLands. Increasing Capacities of Stakeholders

for Agriculturally Used Peatland Restoration in the Crossborder Region of Lithuania and Poland

PROJECT DURATION

2024-12-01 – 2025-11-30

PARTNERS

Project Lead Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation

Project partner The Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków)

PROJECT BUDGET

Total budget 159 496.79 EUR

The project is financed by European Union INTERREG V-A Lithuania – Poland Programme and project partners

The project aims to promote the restoration of drained agricultural peatlands in the Lithuania-Poland border regions by increasing awareness, motivation, and involvement of local authorities, state institutions, landowners, farmers, and local communities.

The project activities will be implemented by two organizations: the Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation (Lithuania) and the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków). These organizations will work to increase the knowledge, cooperation, and involvement of stakeholders, including local authorities (e.g., drainage, agriculture, etc.), state institutions (agriculture, environmental protection), nature conservation experts, landowners, farmers, and local communities in peatland restoration. The project’s associated partners – the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania and the Dzūkija-Suvalkija Protected Areas Directorate - will help disseminate information to the target groups and engage them in the activities.

During the project, guidelines for peatland restoration in drained agricultural peatlands will be prepared and presented to the target groups. Stakeholders will be invited to the guideline presentation events and online training sessions about peatland restoration. Field days will also be organized in both countries (Lithuania and Poland). These training sessions will provide participants with valuable knowledge and lay the foundation for the further dissemination of the guidelines and their content in border municipalities and at the national level.

Landowners, farmers, and community representatives will be invited to lectures that will enhance their knowledge and engagement in peatland restoration. Local communities and the public will also be invited to public events to learn about the importance of peatland restoration.

The Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation will contribute to the project outcomes by implementing the following activities:

Preparing guidelines for the restoration of drained agricultural peatlands (tailored for Lithuania), newsletters (on peatlands and climate change, GHG emissions, and peatland biomass for composting).
Organising online and practical (field day) training for target groups, where participants will be introduced to the peatland restoration guidelines, restoration processes, and farming opportunities.
Ensuring the dissemination of the prepared guidelines to target groups – local authorities and state institutions, nature conservation specialists, landowners, farmers, and the general public.
Conducting a case study-analysis for the restoration of a specific peatland, evaluating restoration possibilities and impacts on neighbouring areas.
Organising public outreach events to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of peatland restoration.

The project is funded by the European Union INTERREG Lithuania-Poland program.

The project aims to promote the restoration of drained agricultural peatlands in the Lithuania-Poland border regions by increasing awareness, motivation, and involvement of local authorities, state institutions, landowners, farmers, and local communities.

The project activities will be implemented by two organizations: the Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation (Lithuania) and the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków). These organizations will work to increase the knowledge, cooperation, and involvement of stakeholders, including local authorities (e.g., drainage, agriculture, etc.), state institutions (agriculture, environmental protection), nature conservation experts, landowners, farmers, and local communities in peatland restoration. The project’s associated partners – the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania and the Dzūkija-Suvalkija Protected Areas Directorate - will help disseminate information to the target groups and engage them in the activities.

During the project, guidelines for peatland restoration in drained agricultural peatlands will be prepared and presented to the target groups. Stakeholders will be invited to the guideline presentation events and online training sessions about peatland restoration. Field days will also be organized in both countries (Lithuania and Poland). These training sessions will provide participants with valuable knowledge and lay the foundation for the further dissemination of the guidelines and their content in border municipalities and at the national level.

Landowners, farmers, and community representatives will be invited to lectures that will enhance their knowledge and engagement in peatland restoration. Local communities and the public will also be invited to public events to learn about the importance of peatland restoration.

The Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation will contribute to the project outcomes by implementing the following activities:

Preparing guidelines for the restoration of drained agricultural peatlands (tailored for Lithuania), newsletters (on peatlands and climate change, GHG emissions, and peatland biomass for composting).
Organising online and practical (field day) training for target groups, where participants will be introduced to the peatland restoration guidelines, restoration processes, and farming opportunities.
Ensuring the dissemination of the prepared guidelines to target groups – local authorities and state institutions, nature conservation specialists, landowners, farmers, and the general public.
Conducting a case study-analysis for the restoration of a specific peatland, evaluating restoration possibilities and impacts on neighbouring areas.
Organising public outreach events to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of peatland restoration.

The project is funded by the European Union INTERREG Lithuania-Poland program.