BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

The first phase of the main study is finished already. Based on the results obtained,
central environmental problems will be identified for more thorough consideration in
phase 2 of the study. Danish and other relevant European experience, environmental
regulation and the use of agrochemicals will be reviewed and evaluated with special
emphasis on the parts pertinent to the identified problems in Lithuania. The
environmental problems of agrochemicals will be assessed further more in detail.
In phase 3, recommendations for the future use and regulation of agrochemicals will be
elaborated for a number of scenarios of the development of the agricultural sector in
Lithuania. An extension system based on Danish ekperience will be outlined too.
This is only one example of collaboration with foreign countries. On the whole the G-24
Group countries fund substantial technical and financial assistance to Lithuania on a
bilateral basis. The Nordic countries (especially Denmark) take the lead.
During the last two years Lithuania had 12 projects in environmental field financed by
Danish Government (approx. 20 million DKK), 4 ,projects - with Sweden (approx. 5
million SEK).
Lithuania have already got 1.5 million SEK and 1 million DKK from Nordic Investment
Bank for Pre-Feasibility Study of the Lithuanian Coast and the Nemunas River Basin.
In order to organize better coordination and use of money the EPD set out the priorities
for further cooperation concerning the environment. Medium-term objectives include:
1) wastewater treatment;
2) the creation of hazardous waste treatment capacity;
3) the cleaning-up of contaminated sites;
4) disposal of radioactive waste;
5) the creation of monitoring system;
6) reduction of SO2 emissions;
7) restoration of the Baltic Sea salmon resources.
It is also important to treat small amounts of wastewater generated in households
located in countryside. The same is true for specific pollutants generated in industrial
enterprises.
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