Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Sample Clauses

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The comprehensive review of national AEWA implementation activities were provided by these countries in the triennial report for the MOP5 (particularly by Estonia). In these three Baltic States, the management and conservation of waterbirds and their habitats followed the EU Birds and Habitats Directive, as well as other environmental legislation, such as in the fields of water, impact assessment (EIA, SEA) and the Baltic Sea conservation, etc. The main activities related to migratory waterbirds were concentrated in Natura 2000 sites. The EU had contributed financially to several major LIFE projects addressing waterbirds and habitats in the Baltic States. Large-scale Programs on Special Management Plans for Rare Bird Species (including species covered by the AEWA International Single Species Plans) were currently implemented in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. During the last years all three countries had significantly contributed to the reduction of by-catch with regard to wintering/migratory waterbirds in the Baltic Sea (particularly of seaducks). Several new protected marine areas had been established (or were in the final stages of formal designation) in exclusive Lithuanian and Latvian economic marine zones. Appropriate regulation of intensive fisheries (including the ban of trawling) was is in force in almost all internationally important areas for wintering/migrating waterbirds, located in the marine waters of the Baltic States. There were several major ongoing activities on the restoration of the key waterbird habitats in all three countries (funded mostly through EU programs), like the restoration of major complexes of raised bogs and exploited peatbogs/coastal wetlands/open wet xxxxxxx/etc. There were also several major ongoing research and monitoring activities on waterbird species and their habitats in the Baltic States (like the Program on White Stork in Lithuania – with about 20,000 of their nests recorded/GPS plotted/photos of all nests stored in a special database/annual reproduction success evaluated/etc.). During the last years, major progress had been made with regard to education and information activities on waterbirds and their habitats in all three countries. For example, in Lithuania, seven new Information/Visitors Centres had been established in „Natura 2000“sites in 2013-2014. The Baltic States participated in the preparation/implementation of the following International Single Species Action Plans: Taiga Bean Goose, Lesser White-fr...