ISSN 0235-7224
ISSN 2029-0586 (online)
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2007 m. Nr. 2
Landscape changes in the Dovine river basin
after restoration of Independence
Marijus PILECKAS, Zenonas GULBINAS
Landscape changes in the Dovinė river basin after the restoration of Independence are analysed. The main factors that caused landscape changes in the Dovinė river basin as well as in other rural areas of Lithuania in 1990–2003 were the restitution of private land property and the poor social, demographic and economic situation. Restitution of private land property and liquidation of collective farms (“kolkhozes”) increased land cover fragmentation and landscape diversity. The domination of small farms, lack of support and the poor social, demographic and economic situation determined deintensification of agriculture and such typical land use changes as expansion of grasslands, decrease of cultivated land as well as abandonment and afforestation of agricultural land. After 2003; the EU agri-environmental schemes have become the most significant driving forces. Afforestation of valuable agricultural habitats, euthropication of water bodies, transformation of former collective farms and technical infrastructure are significant environmental and landscape management problems closely related with landscape changes.
Keywords: rural landscape, landscape changes
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