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: zymantas.morkvenas@bef.ltPhone: +370 614 725 97 www.bef.lt