Project Consultant on environment protection and sustainable development, V.P. Bogachev made a report "Environmental assessment of the National Park "Kurshskaya Kosa".

The report examines the current environmental situation in the Park with a focus on the problems impeding the development of cycling in its territory. Review of the current situation was made on the basis of an integrated ecosystem approach, taking into account the interaction between ecosystems of the Spit and the Curonian Gulf. Based on an analysis of cause-effect connection of degradation of the National Park "Kurshskaya Kosa" ecosystems, a "tree" of problems was made, allowing the TACIS project participants to formulate coherent goals and to develop further major activities in their achievement.