“Conservation of lichen rich biotopes and endangered species”
Workshop
Sponsered
by Nordic Council of Ministers, Lithuanian
Science and Study Foundation and International Exchange Programme of the
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Lithuania, May 11-16th, 2006
Lower row: Per Johansson(14), Darius Stoncius(15), Alexei A. Zavarzin(16), Andres Saag(17), René Spiegelberg Larsen(18), Ulrik Søchting(19), Vera Androsova(20), Dmitry Himmelbrant(21), Ede Leppik(22), Janolof Hermansson(23), Jurga Motiejunaite(24), Ave Suija(25), Ingrida Prigodina Lukosiene(26), Tiiu Törra(27) and Sampsa Lommi(28).
Missing on photo: Hördur Kristinsson
List of lichen and allied fungi
Program:
May
11th
Opening of the meeting, welcome by Vagn Alstrup and Jurga Motiejunaite
May
12th
Field trip to the northern part of the Biržai forest.
Presentations:
-Current lichenological research and relevant facilities in Estonia,Andres
Saag
-Lichenology in Lithuania; background and current state, Ingrida
Prigodina-Lukošiene and Jurga Motiejunaite
-Lichenology
of Russia; current state of knowledge
and involvement, Alexei
Zavarzin and Eugenia Moutchnik
-The talk :Checklist
of lichens of the Kaliningrad Region by Dmitry Petrenko was replased
with:
-Nordic Lichen Flora, Ulrik Søchting
-Lichen investigations
in Westernmost Leningrad Region, Nadia Alekseeva
-The lichen flora of
the deciduous forests in the Komi Republic, Janolof Hermansson
-Lichen
investigations in Eastern Leningrad Region.
Ekaterina Kuznetsova and Dmitry Himmelbrant
Discussion:
The state of lichenological exploration in the member countries
May
13th
Field trip to the southern part of
the Biržai forest with short visit to Juodžioniai erratic madow.
Presentations:
-Conservation and research of epiphytic lichens in beech forests of SW
Sweden. Örjan
Fritz
-Conservation works on lichens in Finland. Kimmo Jääskeläinen
and Sampsa Lommi
-Lichens as subject for conservation activities in Estonia. Tiina
Randlane
-Red-listing and rare lichen species in Iceland. Hördur Kristinsson
-Lichens in Red Data books of NW Russia: Results and problems.
Eugenia Moutchnik
and Alexei Zavarzin
-Lichen
diversity and its conservation in deciduous forests and wooded meadows
on Gotland, Sweden. Per Johansson
Discussion:
Ongoing, planned and recent conservation efforts
May
14th
Field trip to Ažuolyne forest.
Presentations:
-Forest key habitats in Estonia and a case in Rapla County. Ave Suija
-Woodland key habitat inventory in Lithuania and its impact for biodiversity
studies and conservation,
Saulis Skuja, Jurga Motiejunaite and Darius Stoncius
-Key biotopes of nemoral lichen species in taiga forests, Margarita
Fadeeva.
-The rare and red-listed lichen species on the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk
region, Northern-Westernmost Russia). Genadij Urbanavichus
-Lichen investigations on Kamchatka penninsula. Dmitry Himmelbrant and
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
-Main ecological charactesristics of epiphytic lichen distrubution in
coniferous forest of Southern Karelia (middel boreal subzone). Viktoria
Tarasova, Vera Androsova (Stepanova).
Discussion:
Action plan: urgent needs in exploration and conservation.
May
15th
excursion to active karst areas.
Presentations:
-Recovery of vegetation after a wildfire in the Hansted Reserve, NW Jutland,
Denmark. Vagn Alstrup
-Lichens as indicators of recovery after forest fires in Southern Karelia
(middle boreal subzone). Vera Androsova (Stepanova), Viktoria Tarasova:
-Influence of nitrofication on the lichen flora of Kaas Skov, W Jutland,
Denmark. René Spiegelberg Larsen
-The Genus Usnea in Estonia - species composition and distribution patterns.
Tiiu Törra
-Epiphytic lichen flora of wooded meadows in Estonia,
Ede Leppik
-The influence of environmental factors on the structure of epilithic
lichen associations in southern Karelia, Angella Sonina
The Workshop:
Institute of Botany together with Vilnius University and Lithuanian Mycological Society organised the workshop "Conservation of lichen rich biotopes and endangered species" in Biržai on May 11–16, 2006. The event was organised as a part of Nordplus Neighbour project "Monitoring lichens - monitoring with lichens. North European network for training to monitor environmental diversity and conditions using lichens".
AIM
To evaluation of the current state and trends in lichen rich biotope conservation
and discussion of the common method for monitoring lichen communities.
CO-ORDINATION
Network co-ordinator: Dr. Vagn Alstrup (Botanical Museum, University of
Copenhagen)
Co-ordinating
organisation: Nordic Lichenological Society.
Local organiser – Dr. Jurga Motiejunaite (Institute of Botany).
PARTICIPATANS
29 persons
from 8 countries took part: Lithuania (4), Denmark (3), Russia (10), Estonia
(5), Finland (2), Sweden (3), Norway (1), Iceland (1). 26 presentations
were made, 3 thematic discussions took place.
FIELD
Lichen-rich biotopes on northern Lithuania were studied during four field
trips.
OUTCOME
A Report including conclusions and presentatnions is available here.
Field trip results will be published in the journal “Botanica Lithuanica”. The workshop was financed by Nordplus Neighbour programme, Lithuanian Science and Study foundation and Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, International exchange programme.