1. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. BIODIVERSITY Selemonas Paltanavičius Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania Vilnius, 2008

2. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF LITHUANIA 5 650Fungi ~20 000Invertebrates 100 Fish 13Amphibians 7Reptilies 340Birds 70Mammals In total The main systematic groups Plants 1 796 Lichens 400

3. LEGISLATION FOR PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY (1)‏ Council Directive of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (79/409/EEC) (the „Birds Directive“)‏ Council Directive of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora (92/43/EEC) (the „Habitats Directive“)‏ ------------------------------------ Law on Wild Fauna Law on Wild Flora Law on Protected Plant, Animal and Fungi Species and Communities Law on Hunting Law on Protected Areas Rules on Trade in Wild Animals ------------------------------------

4. LEGISLATION FOR PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY (2)‏ Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)‏ Convention on Wetlands in International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat („Ramsar Convention“)‏ Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats („Bern Convention“)‏ Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (“Bonn Convention”)‏ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)‏ Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)‏ Agreement on the Conservation of Population of European Bats (EUROBATS)‏ Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)‏

5. THE MAIN PUBLISHED INFORMATION ABOUT BIODIVERSITY OF LITHUANIA BIRDS OF LITHUANIA (Vol. 1-3)‏ FAUNA OF LITHUANIA (BIRDS, MAMMALS, INSECTS) (Vol. 1-5)‏ BUTTERFLIES OF LITHUANIA LEPIDOPTERA OF LITHUANIA FLORA OF LITHUANIA (Vol. 1-6)‏ FUNGI OF LITHUANIA PERIODICAL OF SCIENCE LITHUANIAN RED DATA BOOK (3 publications)‏ Information publication “RED PAGES”

6. LITHUANIAN BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH LITHUANIAN BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH. INVERTEBRATES LITHUANIAN BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH. PLANTS LITHUANIAN BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH. FUNGI

7. THE BIODIVERSITY DATA SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION UNFULFILLED EXPECTATION IN 1987-1990 CARD SYSTEM OF DATA MONITORING REQUIREMENT OF REPORTS FILLING DATABASES

8. THE DATA FLOWS AND FLOWS MANAGEMENT MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESS CREATION ADMINISTRATION SUPPLIERS AND USERS PRESENT SITUATION FUTURE PLANS AND PERSPECTIVES