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The Vilnius City Municipality has prepared a project for the improvement of the territory of Tauras Hill Park. Unfortunately, the importance of preserving existing vegetation is not included in the design conditions. For this reason, the Public Vegetation Commission submitted a proposal to preserve the specific vegetation of Tauras Hill Park. Vilnius Municipality publicly declared that the comments received would be taken into account, but the Project, ignoring the experts'' opinion, was not adjusted according to the Commission''s proposals -- a permit was issued for felling trees, and the trees began to be removed.
The Community of residents of Tauras Hill surroundings and the Association "Išsaugokime Vilniaus medžius“ supports the Commission''s conclusions, and therefore turned to the Public Interest Advocasy Fund (VIGF) for assistance in advocating their civil rights.
Two cases have been initiated regarding the Tauras Hill Park Project. The cases are conducted by VIGF attorney Saulius Dambrauskas, partially financed only by funds donated by the residents and the attorney''s volunteer work, so funding is requested for the continuation of this process.