Žmonijos vystymosi evoliucijoje poveikis aplinkai vis didėja. Tai įtakoja ne tiek didėjantis žmonių skaičius, kiek nesutramdomas mūsų poreikių augimas ir tai sukelia žmogaus ir jį supančios aplinkos konfliktus. Darbe nagrinėjamos Nacionalinėje darnaus vystymosi strategijoje ir teritorijų planavimo dokumentuose pateikti darnaus vystymosi rodikliai, strategijos įgyvendinimo etapai ir pagrindinės priemonės, strateginis pasekmių aplinkai vertinimas ir atliekant šią veiklą išryškėjusios problemos. Darbe išanalizuoti Šiaulių apskrities teritorijų planavimo dokumentai (rengiamas Šiaulių apskrities bendrasis planas, Kelmės rajono bendrasis planas, rengiamas Šiaulių rajono bendrasis planas). Taip pat atliekant tyrimą analizuoti Lietuvos Respublikos įstatymai, Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės nutarimai, gairės bei kiti norminiai aktai, susijusieji su teritorijų planavimo dokumentų rengimu bei strateginiu pasekmių aplinkai vertinimu, analizuoti kitų autorių darbai. Tyrimui panaudota informacija apie įgyvendintus bei rengiamus projektus, susijusius su tyrimo tema. / The Strategy for Sustainable Development of Lithuania was launched on January 26.2004. The main task set in the strategy is to reach the current average of the European Union member states by 2020, according to economic and social indices as well as the indicators of population health and efficiency of consumption of natural resources, also ensuring a clean and healthy environment. But the way to implement The Strategy for Sustainable Development of Lithuania is very complicated. We haven't the definite answer how to implement the Strategy. Without getting too complicated, we can think of sustainable development as the ability to coexist in away that maintains the natural environment, economic well-being, and an equal opportunity for all people on Earth to benefit from a better quality of life now and in the future. The three are interdependent. Nature is our life-support; there is simply no way around this reality. Only when we have a healthy natural environment, coupled with healthy social systems, can we truly prosper economically. However, land use control in Lithuanian has to be implemented more carefully, territorial planning documents and real property cadastre information has to be merged into united system. The legal acts have to be amended to define more strict requirements for fertile arable land areas and fertile soil protection also to make more favourable conditions for rational size farms formation.

This study deals with the Kinh (or Viet) majority people who have migrated from the lowland Red River Delta to the mountainous areas of northern Viet Nam, and their adjustment to a new social and physical environment. Its aim is to analyse the social and cultural consequences for these migrants when settling in communities populated with people who belong to the national ethnic minorities (the Tày, the Giay and the Ngan peoples). Focus is on impacts in new interactive situations. The case is a special one in that it focuses on majority people's adaptation to minorities, and to a lesser extent vice versa. The Kinhs' view of how a "civilised" landscape ought to look like and how to utilise the natural resources therein demonstrated to be a central theme when discussing restructuring of the migrants' livelihood. This fact indicates the cultural dimension in the exploitation of the natural landscape and the reconstruction of the subsistence system. In the process of adaptation to a new social environment (as well as to a new physical one), social interactions between the Kinh and the ethnic minorities have proven to be important steps towards integration. One factor that turned out to be decisive in the integration process is the harmonising of life cycle ceremonies (especially weddings and funerals) between the Kinh and the minorities. New knowledge is accumulated locally, based on pooled experience. The study concerns how new knowledge on natural resources management is formed through a mixture of the migrants' knowledge from the Red River Delta and the minorities' knowledge of the local area. With a background in the delta area the Kinh brought the old knowledge of advanced wet rice production with them when migrating to the highlands. The facts show that the influence on the subsistence system has not been a one-way flow. That is, not only has the Kinh changed the minorities' agriculture system, but also the minorities' systems have had an impact on the Kinhs' system so that it now is more adapted to the conditions in the highlands.