MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus and the Ministry of the Environment of Latvia are expected to sign an agreement on cooperation in safeguarding and sustainable utilization of transboundary nature reserves in Braslav on 5 May, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus. The Latvian delegation will be led by Minister of the Environment Raimonds Vejonis, the Belarusian delegation will be headed by Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Vladimir Tsalko. The agreement will help coordinate the efforts aimed at safeguarding and sustainable utilization of transboundary natural complexes and facilities of the transboundary nature reserves. The two sides will develop management plans for such territories, cooperate in conducting scientific research, monitor and invite international organizations and donor-countries to the cooperation. The Belarusian Ministry attaches great significance to signing and implementation of bilateral agreements in the environmental protection, first of all with the neighboring countries. Ministerial agreements play an important role in the process. The development of bilateral relations in the issues of transboundary nature reserves development and functioning as one of the major areas of the international cooperation is prioritized in the national strategy to develop and manage the system of nature reserves slated for completion in 2015. Transboundary nature reserves of Belarus and Latvia represent unified natural territorial complexes which function as a large biodiversity reservation and are transboundary eco corridors of the European ecological networks. Such territories include the Braslav Lakes national park, the Richi national hydrological reserve (Belarus), the Augsdaugava protected landscape and Siline natural park (Latvia). БЕЛТА
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