2022

Effects of global climate change on key habitats for waterfowl and waders in Lithuania, Belarus and Spain (July – August 2022)

The aim of the Workshop was to discuss the currently ongoing project “Effects of global climate change on key habitats for waterfowl and waders in Lithuania, Belarus and Spain”.

The work carried out in Belarus and Lithuania in July and August 2022, with the participation of experts from Spain (Prof. Miguel Alonso, Dr. Antonio Bea, Julen Henry), Lithuania (Prof. Kęstutis Arbačiauskas, Prof. Dalius Butkauskas, Dr. Saulius Švažas, Dr. Petras Prakas, Dr. Mindaugas Dagys) and Belarus (Dr. Alexander Kozulin, Prof. Vladimir Baitchorov, Dr. Mikhail Maximenkov) have highlighted the effect of climate change and anthropic activities on the rapid transformation of several especially important wetlands for waterfowl and waders both in Spain (representing southern Europe) and in Lithuania (representing eastern Europe).