Project: LTPL00331
Contact: kristina@pelkiufondas.lt
On October 4 (Saturday), the Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation is organizing a volunteer help action in the Šilėnai mire, located in Neris Regional Park, not far from Vilnius. During the event, volunteers will collect and carry away cut reeds and other biomass from the mire area.
Program:
- 9:30 – 10:00 Participant arrivals
- 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and introduction to the biodiversity of Šilėnai Bog and the importance of bogs for the climate
- 10:30 – 13:30 Work instructions. Volunteer action (carrying cut reeds and shrubs beyond the bog). During breaks – educational activities and games
- 13:30 – 14:15 Lunch (bog tea and porridge! :))
- 14:15 – 15:30 Exhibition of peatland products and informal talks
The event is organised in cooperation with the Neris Regional Park team of the Dzūkija–Suvalkija Protected Areas Directorate.
The event is organized during the implementation of the project “Increasing capacities of stakeholders for agriculturally used peatland restoration in the cross-border region of Lithuania and Poland” (SavePeatLands).