Project BSR Eagle

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Project BSR Eagle
Interreg IIIB project EAGLE Nature Centres and
Environmental education in the Baltic Sea Region

• Latvia
• National Coordinator Maija Malnaca
• Natural History Museum of Latvia
• Environmental Interpretation Service Coordination
  Centre
• Tartu, 10 May, 2007

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Partners

• 1. Natural History Museum of Latvia
• 2. Gauja National Park Foundation
• 3. Kuldiga Environmental Education School
• 4. Kemeri National Park
• 5. JSC Latvia State Forests West Vidzeme Region

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Achievements in the project

• Partner Nr. 37 Latvian Museum of Natural
  History, Environmental Interpretation Service
  Coordination Centre (VITILA)
• has started the project with the planned
  activities from September 2004 - MS1 and has
•  organised seminar How environmental interpreter
  can organise small and cheap exhibition, panel
  discussions
•  developed interactive exposition Environmental
  education step to sustainable development
•  published a pamphlet Latvian Fossil Fishes as
  an educational material for the public to take
  active part in interactive environmental
  interpretation courses visiting Geological
  Division in the Museum.

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• Partner Nr. 39 Kuldiga Environmental Education
  School
• has started the project with the planned
  activities from MS1
• published an informative newsletter Green
  thinking and daily activities for schools,
  Kuldiga and Kuldiga region inhabitants.
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• bought equipment for practical exercises in daily
  work with children and students.

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• MS-2 
• Partner Nr. 37 Latvian Museum of Natural History
  and VITILA has organised
• workshop with the guest teacher Dr. Lars Wohlers
  from Germany. The topic of the workshop was
  environmental interpretation to learn about
  German experience and share Latvian experience,
  obtain new methods and skills
• regional seminar in Kurzeme Basic principles of
  Environmental Interpretation. The main aim of
  the seminar was to inform about the Eagle project
  and introduce the basic principles of
  environmental interpretation participants from
  different institutions related to environmental
  protection and tourism development
• video spot Trip with environmental interpreter
  has been shown on TV. Environmental Film Studio
  has visited one of the environmental interpreters
  in Ledurgas Dendrological Park and produced 13
  min long video spot about nature protection and
  different activities, what visitors could
  experience in Ledurgas Dendrological Park.

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Opening of interactive exposition
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• continued work on interactive exposition
  Environmental education step to sustainable
  development development and 1st part of the
  exposition was opened on 27 of April
• Partner Nr. 39 Kuldiga Environmental Education
  School has organised
• seminar for environmental educators, nature
  science teachers Green thinking and daily
  actions on 16 March 2005
• regional environmental day Economical motivation
  and necessity to develop an environmental
  interpretation for participants from local NGOs
  on 2 June, 2005
• regional information day for school teachers
  Basic principles of environmental
  interpretation
• study tour to Hamar Nature School, Norway on 23
  May 27 May 2005.

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Seminar Green thinking and daily actions
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Study tour in Norway
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• Partner Nr. 40 Kemeri National Park
• has started activities in MS2 and organised
• regional and local info days Bird watching
  days, opened new nature trail - Sera diku laipa,
  Waste disposal day in cooperation with the Centre
  for handicap people.

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• MS-3 
• Partner Nr. 37 Latvian Museum of Natural History
  and VITILA has organised
• workshop for environmental interpreters How to
  advertise environmental interpretation activities
  in the newsletters and booklets. 11-14 October,
  2005
• workshop for environmental interpreters and
  museum specialists Green thinking and actions in
  daily life 22 November, 2005

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• together with Childrens Environmental School has
  organised seminar for environmental interpreters
  How to work with disable children?
• developed video spot Trip with environmental
  interpreter, which has been shown on TV.
  Environmental Film Studio has visited one of the
  environmental interpreters in Tukums Forestry and
  produced 13 min long video spot about the nature
  protection and different activities, what
  visitors could experience in the local forest.
  Videotapes are copied and disseminated
• published newsletter about environmental
  interpretation activities in Latvia
• published booklet-calendar about environmental
  interpreters offers and how to act
  environmentally friendly in daily life.

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Seminar in Kuldiga
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• Partner Nr. 39 Kuldiga Environmental Education
  School has organised
• seminar Basic principles of Environmental
  Interpretation Kuldiga district foresters and
  environmental educators on 23 September 2005
• seminar Practical course for research of urban
  environment for the teachers, course leaders and
  environmental educators on 12-13 November 2005
• issued second newsletter Energy and Transport
• has acquired different research equipment for
  practical exercises for children, collection of
  staffed animals.

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• Partner Nr. 40 Kemeri National Park has
  organised
• seminar for local Nature guides Basic principles
  and methods of environmental interpretation
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• issued booklets about Kemeri raised bog, wet
  forests and Kanieris Nature trail in Kemeri
  National Park.

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• MS-4
• Partner Nr. 37 Latvian Museum of Natural History
  and VITILA has organised
• a workshop for environmental interpreters Team
  building and Environmental Interpretation. 23-24
  February, 2006
• a qualification workshop for environmental
  interpreters and museum specialists Latvian
  ethnogeny 3 March, 2006
• a regional seminar for environmental specialists
  Environmental Interpretation basic principles
  and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic
  Sea 16-17 March, 2006
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• a workshop for environmental specialists
  Environmental Interpretation for children and
  pupils 28-31 March, 2006

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• participated in the Annual Meeting in Denmark.
  3-7 April, 2006
• a bookmark about Environmental Interpretation
  activities in Latvia.
• has developed information board about the Waste
  management.
• a workshop for environmental interpreters
  Planning of Environmental Interpretation
  Activities. 26-28 April, 2006
• Info day for environmental specialists
  Actualities in the Environmental protection.
  Waste environmental problem. 22 April, 2006
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• a regional seminar for environmental specialists
  Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea
  Region 23 May, 2006

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• in the Day of the Environment has organised a
  campaign together with environmental interpreters
  in 18 places in Latvia Save Earth resources!.
  4 June, 2006
• a workshop for environmental interpreters
  Environmental Interpretation of the forest
  ecosystem. 7-8 June, 2006
• participated in the Marine workshop in Sweden
  19-22 June, 2006
• Kuldiga Environmental Education School has
  organised a seminar for Kuldiga district
  environmental educators, teachers and
  environmental specialists Secular and peculiar
  trees in the Kuldiga district 24 March 2006.

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• MS-5
• Partner Nr. 37 Latvian Museum of Natural History
  and VITILA has organised
• a study tour around Latvia for environmental
  interpreters in Latgale and Vidzeme. 5-7July,
  2006
• a study tour around Latvia for environmental
  interpreters in Kurzeme and Zemgale. 11-14 July,
  2006
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• an Annual Meeting for environmental interpreters
  8-9 September, 2006
• participated in the study tour in Finland from
  19-23 September, 2006
• a workshop for environmental interpreters How to
  prepare booklets and information boards 28-29
  September, 2006
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• participated in the workshop in Uddevalla, Sweden
  from 9-10 October, 2006
• a workshop for environmental interpreters How to
  advertise environmental interpretation activities
  in mass media 12-13 October, 2006
• a workshop for environmental interpreters, forest
  specialists How to develop environmental
  interpretation exhibitions 8-10 November, 2006
• a workshop for environmental interpreters How to
  develop environmental interpretation exhibitions
  5-8 December, 2006
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• Kuldiga Environmental Education School
  participated in a study tour in Sweden, visiting
  2 project partners Malmo and Uddevalla nature
  schools. 2 Kuldiga Environmental school teachers
  acquainted with environmental educational
  materials, activities for children and adults
  14-17 August, 2006
• participated in experience exchange with the
  Centre of New Nature Friends in Jurmala, 21
  October, 2006
• Parner 41 JSC Latvia State Forests West
  Vidzeme Region
• will develop exhibition Types of Forest growth
  conditions, information materials and
  participate in study tour in Estonia.

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