The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, in collaboration with the Norwegian Riksantikvaren (The Directorate for Cultural Heritage), is organizing practical workshops in the Curonian Spit from August 26 to 30, aimed at assessing the vulnerability of this UNESCO World Heritage site to climate change. The event will involve climate change and heritage experts from James Cook University in Australia. The National Commission for Cultural Heritage will be represented by Vilija Ralytė, a specialist from the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection and Analysis Group. The project partners in Lithuania are the Ministry of Environment, the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO, and the Curonian Spit National Park Directorate. The results of the project will be important in preparing the management plan for the Curonian Spit.
