WATERDRIVE project seminar “Good practices for floodplain meadow management”

Jelgava region municipality invites you to a good practice seminar on the restoration, preservation and care of floodplain meadows. The aim of the event is to promote dialogue between landowners and local government and state institutions with the aim of promoting the management of river floodplain territories and improving knowledge in the field of meadow care and other measures that ensure the protection and conservation of waters. The language of the event is Latvian!

The seminar part of the event is scheduled to take place on the ZOOM platform on August 25. The next day, August 26, there will be an opportunity to see in person a demonstration of floodplain meadow restoration techniques and a set of agrotechnical measures for meadow restoration to such a level that after three years the growth conditions of their characteristic plant species will be restored and it will be possible to manage the meadow - to obtain hay.

Registration for the August 25th Zoom seminar is now open. –! After registration, you will receive a unique link to join the seminar on August 25th.

PROGRAM 25.08.2021.

10:00-10:15 Speech by the Chairman of the Jelgava Regional Council, Ziedonis Caune

10:15-10:35 Assessment of ecosystem services in the Svēte River Basin (Dr.arch., assistant professor, landscape architect Madara Markova)

10:15-10:35 Jelgava Municipality project activities and results/ support instruments (Assistant to the Project Manager of the Project “Responsible Water Resources Management for Rural Development at Local Level and in the Baltic Sea Region (WATERDRIVE)” No. RO94)

10:35-10:50 Use of water quality monitoring and geospatial information in assessing plant nutrient losses in the Svēte River basin (Dr.sc.ing, professor, leading researcher Ainis Lagzdiņš)

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:20 Doing good for nature or how to manage more environmentally friendly land as a landowner (Director of the Nature Conservation Department of the National Park Service, Gita Strode)

11:20-11:40 About and around watercourse buffer zones (Iveta Grudovska, agricultural expert of the Farmers' Parliament)

11:30-12:00 Discussions

PROGRAM 26.08.2021.

Meeting time 10.00 at the Jēkabnieku Culture House, then we will go to the demonstration site ~1 km away

10:00-12:00 Field demonstration in floodplain meadow management

12:00-12:30 Discussions and coffee break at the Jēkabnieku Culture House

Please register your participation in the August 26th event by August 23rd of this year to the following e-mail address:

ingars.rozitis@jelgavasnovads.lv