CONFERENCENature census – the first detailed, scientifically-grounded information about Latvia’s nature values
Arta Krumina
Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
Janis Kotans
Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
Janis Puga
Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
Ilze Reinika
Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
Gita Strode
Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia
DOI: 10.22364/fg.17.9
Keywords: nature conservation, implementation of EU directives, sustainable development for natural values, Latvia
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyse the importance of major inventories of nature values – the mapping of habitats of EU importance – in the context of introducing and implementing a nature conservation policy in compliance with the necessity to integrate the requirements of those EU directives concerning specially protected nature areas into the governance system of Latvia. This paper examines the inventory of nature values from different perspectives – the introduction and implementation of policy, cross-sector co-operation and the integrity of national natural resource databases.