Seminar LIFE IS SALACA: implemented measures, experience and impact on the Salaca ecosystem

On 31 October at 11:00, a seminar at the Yacht Club of the “Kapteiņu osta” recreation complex

LIFE IS SALACA: implemented measures, experience and impact on the Salaca ecosystem

Seminar agenda

10:30 – Registration and morning coffee

11:00 – Activities of the LIFE IS SALACA project in implementing practical management measures — project manager Edijs Leoke

• – Rapids restoration works on the Salaca – achievements, challenges and plans — Atis Apelis, head of the association “Fishing Club “Salackrasti””

11:50 – The Gauja Sustainable Development Society’s experience of restoring rapids on the Gauja — Ainārs Šteins, head of the Gauja Sustainable Development Society

• – The impact of rapids restoration on fish resources — But what do the fish say? Results of fish fauna monitoring on the Salaca and elsewhere — Kaspars Abersons, lead fish expert at BIOR

12:50 – The role of riparian forests in improving the Salaca ecosystem — Mārcis Saklaurs, researcher at the Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”

13:20 – Summary of the achievements of the LIFE IS SALACA project — project manager Edijs Leoke

Registration form (until 30 October)

https://forms.gle/KEi7jNdVp5QmahD96

13:40 – Coffee break

Project “Adaptation of Water Framework Directive and Habitats Directive harmonization and integrated actions for freshwater quality improvement in Salaca river sub catchment”, LIFE IS SALACA for short, project number 101114155 – LIFE22-ENV-LV-LIFE IS SALACA

Seminar venue: Limbaži municipality, Salacgrīva, Pērnavas iela 49a