- Are century-old Lithuanian forests in danger?
As we are wading in the pine aroma-wafting wood a hop, skip and jump away from Jonas Basanavičius street, the main pedestrian artery of Palanga, Lithuania‘s gem resort on the Baltic coast, Stanislovas Jonaitis, a wood-ranger in the Palanga forest district, notes with tangible sadness in his voice that, although the municipality tries to vehemently ward off attempts of real estate developers to build anything in the state-protected territory, the efforts sometimes fail.
- Estonia’s Environment Minister: Sustainable Development goals are there for all
The Baltic Times speaks with the Siim Kiisler, Minister for the Environment of Estonia.