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“We hope that significant support, more than half a million euros, will help municipalities effectively combat the invasive borscht Sosnowski and stop its spread,” Environment Minister Kęstutis Mažeika said in the ministry’s statement.
Municipalities wishing to receive support from the Environmental Protection Support Program will have to destroy Sosnovskis Borsch only on land owned by the state or municipality. In addition, the municipalities must develop an action plan to regulate the abundance of the population of this invasive plant.
Maximum grant for the project: up to 100,000. Up to 70% will be refunded. Eligible costs and projects must be completed within a maximum period of 36 months from the signing of the contract.
Municipalities will be able to submit applications until July 15, and it is planned to sign the contract by the end of the year.
Applications will be evaluated on the basis of whether the Sosnowski Borscht areas are located in protected areas, urban areas, whether the municipality contributes at its own cost and will destroy this plant for at least five years.
Photo by Kamilė Liudkevičiūtė Fight against Sosnowski borscht
Sosnowski borscht is a Caucasus plant that is difficult to eradicate. They came to Lithuania more than 50 years ago.
Luke April / 15min photo / Sosnovsky borscht
All parts of Sosnowski’s borscht store a large number of especially strong allergens: furanocoumarin. Its juice also contains substances that photosensitize the skin and can cause skin burns of grade 1 to 3. The substances accumulated in the juice of the plant increase the sensitivity of the skin to sunlight, therefore, when the juice of the plant comes into contact with the skin, causes burns. When the blisters explode, wounds form that are difficult to heal. When they heal, there are non-perishable brown spots and scars. This disease is called photodermatitis.
Sosnowski’s borscht is dangerous not only to touch and break, but also to be close to them – plants can poison even the human respiratory system.
Its smell, pollen and juice cause strong allergies, the effect of the essential oils of these plants can cause headaches, nausea, dizziness in some people.
Every summer, doctors have to help people affected by these plants.
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