The environmental researches are especially effective in the protected territories in which different objects of landscape, nature and culture are preserved. Combined with the teaching curriculum, such researches can visibly improve the practical pupils’ skills. They can improve the natural pupil’s abilities, foster the skills of critical thinking, problem solving and other important skills for the member of the contemporary society member, as well as to train the creative skills and one’s spiritual culture. The object of this research is the protected territories of Birzai and their usage in the teaching process. The protected territories are founded in order to preserve regional landscape of Lithuania, its natural ecosystem and cultural heritage. The goal of this research is to analyze the possibilities of the usage of the protected territories of Birzai and the natural and cultural monuments in the teaching process. The main tasks of this research are: - to do an integrated characterization of the protected territories of Birzai region; - to analyze the possibilities of the application of the protected territories of Birzai and the natural and cultural components in the teaching process; - to analyze the main popular tourist routes, to present other routes and tourist objects which are useful in application in the teaching process; - to do a pedagogical experiment. Having explored the natural and cultural resources of the protected territories of Birzai, it is observed... [to full text]

This thesis analysis the funding possibilities from structural funds for the development of water management in villages as well as different legal acts and international covenants whose regulations corresponds the project The Development of the System for Collecting Waste Water in Kirdoniai Village of Birzai District. It also analysis whether this project corresponds the SPD, its impact on the environment and the EU horizontal politics. In this thesis a lot of data are used, which were processed using ordinary statistical methods along with cost-benefit analysis recommended by the European Commission and the method proposed by the Environmental Project Management Agency used for financial and economic analysis. For data processing DAM and the MS Excel programmes were used. During the research the characteristics of Kirdoniai Village territory in Birzai district were analysed as well as the existing situation of drink water supply and the collection of waste water. It was also examined who could benefit from this project, what problems could this project solve. The formulation of the investment project was carried out. The research results were used by the Municipality Administration of Birzai district, which submitted the application according to the 1st priority “The development of social and economic infrastructure”, the 1.3 measure “The improvement of environment’s quality and the prevention of environmental damage” of activities’ group “The supply of drink water and... [to full text]