Summary
Investment in public property of Bauska local municipality (Lithuania) adjacent to private person’s property is promoted by regulations on real estate tax rebate. The landowners can apply for a reduction of the real estate tax in order to tidy up the bordering territories, to improve sidewalks, construction or reconstruction of streets, children’s and sports grounds, water parks, sewerage systems etc. The Bauska County’s natural environment is a resource of active recreation and tourism. The Bauska County has several particularly protected areas, and the nature park „Bauska” (NATURA 2000 – EU protected natural area of 892.9 ha) is the most important of them, and there are also several natural monuments and natural restricted areas.
Objectives
- To bring new ideas and insights to the development of the area, improve the landscape and the environment valuable experience;
- To promote the formation of the landscape of the local authority and the maintenance of the territory;
- To stimulate the active participation of landowners in the maintenance of clean and tidy local authority territory and creation of good environment.
Public Goods
Problem description
Unfortunately, there are several landscape degradation objects in Bauska – abandoned buildings, ruins, overhead transmission lines. It is desirable to remove objects degrading the environment and to plant rows of trees to cover building and environmentally degradable objects. Potentially landscaped areas where serious work is still needed to improve the landscape and the environment. In this area it is necessary to cut bushes, where it is necessary to level the terrain by removing scraps, preserving and creating ponds. In many places, the landscape is defaced by old ruins of agricultural or industrial structures, as is the case on the right bank of the Ceplis and Jumpravmuiza manor, as well as by shrubs.
