| Country |
Estonia |
| Natura
2000 site location |
Pärnu
county Tõstamaa, Varbla and Kihnu municipalities |
| Nearest
urban settlement |
Pärnu
town |
| Natura
2000 site name |
Kihnu
island / Kihnu island, part of Kihnu Strait Marine Park |
| Size
of site (hectares) |
9,120
ha |
| Key
Habitat types |
1150 |
| 1210 |
| 1620 |
| 1630 |
| 1640 |
| 2120 |
| 2130 |
| 5130 |
| 6210 |
| 6270 |
| 6530 |
| 7230 |
| 9070 |
| Key
Species types |
Grey-seal
Halichoerus grypus |
| Baltic
marbled seal Phoca hispida bottnica |
| Wild
angelica Angelica palustris |
| Fen
orchid Liparis loeselii |
| Natterjack
toad Bufo calamita |
| Branta
leucopsis |
| Calidris
alpina schinzii |
| Caprimulgus
europaeus |
| Cygnus
columbianus |
| Cygnus
cygnus |
| Lanius
collurio |
| Philomachus
pugnax |
| Porzana
porzana |
| Sterna
albifrons |
| Sterna
caspia |
| Sterna
hirundo |
| Sterna
paradisea |
| Sterna
sandvicensis |
| Sylvia
nisoria |
Key
management issues |
Renovation
of traditional grazing on coastal pastures; picking eggs from islets;
restoration of wooded meadows through voluntary workcamps; introducing
new methods for keeping up traditional management of grasslands; decreasing
negative impact of seal-hunting and wildfowl egg gathering traditions |
| Organising
at least one Green Days event per year |
Two
annual spesific topic promation events. Several voluntering events
over the years with Estonian Fund for Nature. |
| Promoting
Natura 2000 at the local level |
We
work with management of privately owned land belonging to Natura network.
The communication with landowners (as well as other stakeholders)
is kept up by personal contacts. The explain the necessity of the
activities the essence of Natura2000 and nature conservation activities
is done all the time. |
| Involving
local stakeholders in the management planning process - creating a
local area partnership |
All
management activities are done in close co-operation with local people
and municipalities. The management of meadows is done by local farmers
and land owners; info days and seminars for local people are mostly
organized together with municipalities. |
| Involved
in a natural site 'Twinning' / networking / knowledge exchange at
the European level? |
Continuous
exchange of experiences is going on with nearby areas of Luitemaa
Nature Reserve and Matsalu National Park. Cooperation with Estonian
Fund for Nature, Estonian Ornitological Society and Tartu University
is carried out to solve specific problems. |
| Agreeing
to become an NNi ambassador |
Heikki
Luhamaa merepark(a)merepark.ee is an NNi Ambassador |
