Abstract
Environmental challenges meets practical solutions: GIS involving civil society
Track: Environmental Management
Author
Environmental problems reported every day to the civil initiative "Report about environmental challenge!" reminds that despite existing laws and requirements a lot of environmental challenges remains and demands stronger initiatives to deal with them. Thus, everyone in Lithuania has a chance to participate and map observed illegal waste dumping, water pollution or other environmental problems. Once it's mapped on a web platform, environmental NGO takes over coordination solution process of the challenge and facilitates networking between civil society, NGOs and state authorities. The process involves GIS which provides opportunities, enabling effective enforcement of environmental standards at the same time involving society to be environmentally-responsible. Thus being a great tool for facilitation of social-environmental networks.
Zymantas Morkvenas
Baltic environmental forum
Uzupio 9/2-17
Vilnius LT01202
Lithuania
Phone: +370 614 72597
E-mail: zymantas.morkvenas@bef.lt