Kaunas Botanical Garden
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Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, in conjunction with the University of Lithuania (later renamed Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University ) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university...
) by the initiative of Tadas Ivanauskas
Tadas Ivanauskas
Tadas Ivanauskas was a prominent Lithuanian zoologist and biologist, and one of the founders of Vytautas Magnus University.- Biography :...
and Konstantinas Regelis
Constantin Andreas von Regel
Constantin Andreas von Regel was a Russian and Lithuanian horticulturalist and botanist.He was a grandson of Eduard August von Regel....
. The garden currently covers 62 hectares of land, with 517 square meters of conservatories
Conservatory (greenhouse)
A conservatory is a room having glass roof and walls, typically attached to a house on only one side, used as a greenhouse or a sunroom...
and experimental greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
s comprising 0.25 hectares in Freda, Aleksotas elderate. The garden serves as a showcase for local plant life, houses various research facilities, and sells flowers, shrubs and trees to the public.
Projects
- Monitoring of forest biodiversityBiodiversityBiodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
and productivity, sponsored by the Lithuanian Forest Management and Inventory Institute at the Lithuanian University of AgricultureLithuanian University of AgricultureLithuanian University of Agriculture is a university in Lithuania, located in Akademija west of Kaunas.-History:After restructurisation of the Agronomy – Forestry Department at the University of Lithuania and Dotnuva Agricultural College,the Agricultural Academy was established on September 3,... - Monitoring of vegetation in grasslandGrasslandGrasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
s, wetlandWetlandA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....
s, and sandy areas, to ensure the survival of endangered plant species and communities; sponsored by the Institute of Botany and the Regional subdivisions of the Ministry of Environment - Monitoring of aquatic vegetation and of plants on arable land, sponsored by the Institute of Botany
- National Grassland Inventory in Lithuania, creating a comprehensive, GIS-accessible inventory of natural and semi-natural grasslands; co-sponsored by the Lithuanian Fund for Nature
- Restoration of the Puscia bogBogA bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....
by re-establishing the water regime and re-establishing typical bog vegetation - Certification for private forest owners in Lithuania
- Transfer of European Knowledge from the Area of Nature Management to Lithuanian Nature Protection Institutions and Environmental Non-governmental Organizations, supported by the World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
Small Grant Program - Hosting the EU program "PHARE 2003 Cross border Cooperation Programme in the Baltic SeaBaltic SeaThe Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
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