| Abstract [eng] |
This paper examines the particularities of the preparation of special plans of Širvėta regional park and provides planning solutions. After an applied analysis of the regional park has been performed, it is advisable to grant the following status for the discovered new nature valuables: a nature monument – for Lukšiškės dry valley; an object of nature heritage, protected by the State – for Sėtikis ridge; an object of nature heritage, protected by the municipality – for the island and the hill of the bay of Lake Kančioginis. It is recommended to grant the status of an object of cultural heritage for the village of Kulniškės. It is necessary to intensify the protection and management of the hills of Nevaišiai with the prospects to integrate this geomorphologically significant territory to Širvėta regional park in the future. Also the analysis has shown that the boundaries of the park are not optimal. During the optimization of the boundaries of the park, the economic territories in the northern and western part have been forfeited. Also the territories of the sanctuaries are clarified by merging the sanctuaries of Šventa and Pailgis villages and the landscape sanctuary of Kulniškės into one unit – the landscape sanctuary of Šventa. Considering the nature situation, the boundaries of Širvėta landscape sanctuary and Ilgis hydrographical sanctuary are being changed. Evaluating the recreational potential it is scheduled to increase the number and area of recreational zones suggesting new recreational zones of Beržuvis, Aidukai, Stanislavavas, Dvarykščiai, Merkmenai and Ilgis. It is necessary to remove and recultivate the derelict buildings from the park and the peripheries as well as the household waste sites. Developing the recreational net in Širvėta regional park, it is necessary to pay the most attention for the installation of cognitive tourism routes. The process of planning has revealed that it is necessary to improve the document of the typical protection regulations of protected territories by presenting a more flexible system of landscape management. The State Protected Areas Service under the Ministry of Environment should pay more attention not only for the preparation of management plans, but for their implementation as well. The experience of the preparation of special plans of Širvėta regional park shows that it is advisable to return to the former single scheme of planning, which would cover the issues of boundaries, zones and management and which would be provided with the common governmental affirmation level. This would increase the possibilities to implement those plans. |
