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Mr Žymantas Morkvėnas, Leader of environmental NGO Baltic environmental forum in Lithuania, founder and member of Environmental NGOs Coalition. Lithuania
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UK NORDIC BALTIC SUMMIT: 19-20 JANUARY 2011
DENMARK FINLAND UNITED
KINGDOMLITHUANIA SWEDEN
ESTONIA ICELAND LATVIA NORWAY
Practical solutions for environmental challenges: using GIS as action tool for civil society
Synopsis: Environmental problems reported daily to the initiative “Guarding Earth” reminds that despite existing laws and requirements a lot of challenges demands stronger initiatives to deal with them. Environmental NGO with help of GIS technology provides opportunity for everyone make a practical change for cleaner environment. Solution for environment - opportunity for business, civil society and public sector.
Presenter: Mr. Žymantas Morkvėnas
Short Biography: Biologist. Active in the environmental field since 1995, have been recognized within leading environmental community as initiator and nominated leader of environmental NGO Coalition. Since 2003, leading environmental NGO - Baltic environmental forum, which is proactive and recognised as leading environmental NGO in Lithuania.
“Obvious - that’s not a holy water!”reports Ms. Laima
350 m2 “oil lake”“Globe Assimi” oil tankercrash in the Baltic sea November 1981
Dumped 600 000 tones of contaminated soilSoviet environmentalmanagement remains
The TOOL
Simple to report
Advisor to environmental management
Efficient to solve
“Everybody can make a change” in practice
“Magic recipe” workflow
Transparency & feed backing on geospatial data
Effective public response to environmental challenges
Power of public monitoring
Geo-spatial data brings benefit for public administration
NGO arguments based on data
Involved business: image and contributionto practical initiative of public
Benefit Before
After
55,8% 21,8% 2,9% 19,5%
1300 reports received
Vision for futureInternational scale
Guarding Earth on mobile devices
Technology and geo-spatial data facilitates social networking
Žymantas MorkvėnasE-mail: [email protected]: +370 614 725 97 www.bef.lt