Abstract
The Soviet army left Lithuania in 1993. At that time they abandoned approximately 500 military installations including 277 Soviet military bases on which 462 military units had been housed [1]. The military sites occupied 67662 ha, or 1.04% of Lithuania’s total land area. Only a fraction of this territory (16.7%) was needed to satisfy Lithuanian military needs. The rest has been transferred to civilian use.
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Ignatavičius, G., Baltrėnas, P. (2003). Problems of Soil Renovation on Former Military Sites in Lithuania. In: Šašek, V., Glaser, J.A., Baveye, P. (eds) The Utilization of Bioremediation to Reduce Soil Contamination: Problems and Solutions. NATO Science Series, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0131-1_30
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