Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve Kamilė Zaleckaitė, Akvilė Noreikaitė Facts of Žuvintas

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  Žuvintas is the first reserve in Lithuania, founded in 1937
  
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  Žuvintas is in the South of Lithuania
  
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  Area – 5542 ha
  
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  Žuvintas swamp area is 78% of the reserve, Žuvintas lake - 13% and 9% - other terrain
  
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  Reserve belongs to the largest Lithuanian swamp Žuvinto palios, area -68.5km²
  
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  There are 247 recorded bird species, some of which are endangered and added into the Lithuanian Red Data List
  
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  There are more than 600 recorded species of plants
  
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  Found 108 species of moss, 105 species of algae, 107 species of fungi
  
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  Recorded 40 species of mammals
  
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  Recorded about 2,000 insect, 5 reptile and 10 amphibian species
  

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  Map of Žuvintas Rezerve
  

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  Žuvintas Reserve location in Lithuania
  

    * observe and predict changes in natural ecosystems;

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  The Black stork (Ciconia) nigra)
  

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  Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
  

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  Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
  

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  Gadwall (Anas strepera)
  

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  Red-bellied gossip (Bombina bombina)
  

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  Otter (Lutra lutra)
  

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  Wisent (Bison bonasus)
  

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  Woodman burdock (Arctium nemorosum)
  

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  Intermediate ruthenium (Corydalis intermedia)
  

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  Ramson (Allium ursinum)
  

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  Yellowed-vetchling (Lathyrus laevigatus)
  

Žuvintas Reserve has not yet been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, but it is protected and maintained. An integrated and coherent environmental management strategy for the biosphere reserve, as well as the involvement of local people should set an example by the development of national conservation programmes.