May 11th
Opening of the meeting, welcome by Vagn Alstrup and Jurga
Motiejunaite, general informations.
May 12th
Field trip to the northern part of the Birzai forest.
Presentations
Andres Saag: Current lichenological research and
relevant facilities in Estonia.
Ingrida Prigodina-Lukosiene and Jurga Motiejunaite:
Lichenology in Lithuania - background and current state.
Alexei Zavarzin and Evgenia Moutchnik:
Lichenology of Russia: current state of knowledge and involvement.
Ulrik Søchting: Nordic lichen flora – present
state and further planning.
Nadia Alekseeva: Lichen investigations in Western
Leningrad Region.
Janolof Hermansson: The lichen flora of the deciduous
forests in the Komi Republic.
Ekaterina Kuznetsova and Dmitry Himmelbrant:
Lichen investigations in Eastern Leningrad Region.
Discussion: The state of lichenological exploration
in the member countries
May 13th
Field trip to the southern part of the Birzai forest
with short visit to Juodzioniai erratic meadow.
Presentations
Örjan Fritz: Conservation and research of
epiphytic lichens in beech forests of SW Sweden.
Kimmo Jääskeläinen and Sampsa
Lommi: Conservation works on lichens in Finland.
Tiina Randlane: Lichens as subject for conservation
activities in Estonia.
Hördur Kristinsson: Red-listing and rare
lichen species in Iceland.
Evgenia Moutchnik and Alexei
Zavarzin: Lichens in Red Data books of NW Russia: Results and problems.
Per Johansson: Lichen diversity and its conservation
in deciduous forests and wooded meadows on Gotland, Sweden.
Discussion: Ongoing, planned and recent conservation
efforts.
May 14th
Field trip to Azuolyne forest.
Presentations
Ave Suija: Forest key habitats in Estonia and
a case in Rapla County.
Saulis Skuja, Jurga Motiejunaite
and Darius Stoncius: Woodland key habitat inventory in Lithuania
and its impact for biodiversity studies and conservation.
Margarita Fadeeva: Key biotopes of nemoral lichen
species in taiga forests.
Genadij Urbanavichus: The rare and red-listed
lichen species on the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk region, Northern-Westernmost
Russia).
Dmitry Himmelbrant and Ekaterina Kuznetsova:
Lichen investigations on Kamchatka penninsula.
Viktoria Tarasova and Vera Androsova (Stepanova):
Main ecological characteristics of epiphytic lichen distribution in coniferous
forests of Southern Karelia (middle boreal subzone).
Trude Myhre: Trillemarka –Rollagsfjell forest
(Norway) and its conservational importance.
Discussion: Action plan: urgent needs in exploration
and conservation.
May 15th
Excursion to active karst areas.
Presentations
Vagn Alstrup: Recovery of vegetation after a wildfire
in the Hansted Reserve, NW Jutland, Denmark.
Vera Androsova (Stepanova) and Viktoria Tarasova:
Lichens as indicators of recovery after forest fires in Southern Karelia
(middle boreal subzone).
René Spigelberg Larsen: Influence of nitrification
on the lichen flora of Kaas Skov, W Jutland, Denmark.
Tiiu Törra: The Genus Usnea in Estonia
- species composition and distribution patterns.
Ede Leppik: Epiphytic lichen flora of wooded meadows
in Estonia.
Angella Sonina: The influence of environmental
factors on the structure of epilithic lichen associations in southern Karelia.
Discussion on the workshop results.