Habitat Conservation and Management Guidelines

Protected Habitat Management Guidelines for Latvia

Guidelines for the protection and management of habitats of EU importance were issued in 2017.

• Volume 1 -  Coastal, Inland Dune and Heath Habitats  (PDF 7.6 MB)
• Volume 2 -  Rivers and Lakes  (PDF 26.5 MB)
• Volume 3 -  Semi-natural grasslands
  • CHAPTER 1. Characteristics of grasslands  (PDF 47.82 MB)
  • CHAPTER 2. Semi-natural grassland ecosystem services   (PDF 1.52 MB)
  • CHAPTER 3. Pressures and threats of semi-natural grassland biodiversity  (PDF 7.42 MB)
  • CHAPTER 4. Conservation of semi-natural grasslands in Latvia  (PDF 0.07 MB)
  • CHAPTER 5. Definition of habitat conservation and management  (PDF 0.13 MB)
  • CHAPTER 6. Habitat conservation and management objectives  (PDF 0.06 MB)
  • CHAPTER 7. Preparing for grassland habitat management  (PDF 9.05 MB)
  • CHAPTER 8. Semi-improved grasslands and ex-arable land that do not meet eu protected habitat status  (PDF 2.63 MB)
  • CHAPTER 9. 1630* Boreal Baltic coastal meadows  (PDF 14.0 MB)
  • CHAPTER 10. 6110* Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the alysso–sedion albiI  (PDF 5.43 MB)
  • CHAPTER 11. 6120* Xeric sand calcareous grasslands  (PDF 19.65 MB)
  • CHAPTER 12. 6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates  (PDF 14.29 MB)
  • CHAPTER 13. 6230* Species-rich nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas  (PDF 10.12 MB)
  • CHAPTER 14. 6270* Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands  (PDF 17.23 MB)
  • CHAPTER 15. 6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils  (PDF 17.47 MB)
  • CHAPTER 16. 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plain and of montane to alpine levels  (PDF 7.35 MB)
  • CHAPTER 17. 6450 Northern boreal alluvial meadows  (PDF 17.5 MB)
  • CHAPTER 18. 6510 Lowland hay meadows  (PDF 14.55 MB)
  • CHAPTER 19. 6530* Fennoscandian wooded meadows, 9070 fennoscandian wooded pastures and 5130 juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands  (PDF 96.33 MB)
  • CHAPTER 20. Selection of methods and work sequence  (PDF 0.05 MB)
  • CHAPTER 21. Principal methods of ecological restoration and creation of grassland habitats  (PDF 47.48 MB)
  • CHAPTER 22. Main methods o fgrassland habitat management  (PDF 33.62 MB)
  • CHAPTER 23. Ecological restoration and management of habitats suitable for bird species  (PDF 4.91 MB)
  • CHAPTER 24. Landscape ecological aspects of grassland biodiversity conservation  (PDF 14.13 MB)
  • Glossary and references   (PDF 0.17 MB)
  • ANNEXES
    • ANNEX 1. Generalised Simplified Evaluation of Grassland Habitat Quality  (PDF 0.05 MB)
    • ANNEX 2. Optimal, Suboptimal and Inappropriate Management of EU Protected Habitats  (PDF 0.14 MB)
    • ANNEX 3. Control of Expansive and Invasive Plant Species  (PDF 6.7 MB)
    • ANNEX 4. Indicator Species of Semi-natural Grasslands  (PDF 29.95 MB)
    • ANNEX 5. Bird species, for which Grasslands Serve as Important Breeding and Feeding Habitats  (PDF 7.32 MB)
• Volume 4 -  Mires and Springs  (PDF 33.7 MB)
• Volume 5 -  Outcrops and caves  (PDF 5.79 MB)
• Volume 6 -  Forests  (PDF 8.91 MB)