Biodiversity Protection in North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve

The project would assist the Government of Latvia in addressing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in a biosphere reserve that covers approximately 6 percent of the country's territory. It will do so through the strengthening of the institutional, managerial, and financial sustainability of this protected area throguh legislation, policy analysis, strengthening instituional and stakeholder capacities to improve all aspects of the protected area (PA) management. . It will also integrate biodiversity conservation into the planning, management and sustainable use of the PA. Given its representativeness among Latvia ecosystems, lessons learned could be replicated elsewhere within national system of protected areas.