Estonias mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded, offshore lie more than 1,500 islands. From the north flat and from the east is Estonia hilly. It's highest peak is Suur Munamägi(318 m). Sometimes flooding occurs in the spring in Estonia. It's biggest lakes are Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv. It's biggest islands are Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. In Estonia there is 26.5% arable land, 0.35% permanent crops and 73.15% other land. Natural resources in Estonai are oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud. The population of Estonia is about 1,341,000 people. Estonia, as a new member of the World Trade Organization, is steadily moving toward a modern market economy with increasing ties to the West, including the pegging of its currency to the euro. The economy benefits from strong electronics and telecommunications sectors. Estonia has been a member of the European Union from May 2004. The economy is greatly influenced by
The Estonian Green Party Green Party History The Estonian Green Party is a political party and follower of the political activity of Estonian Green Movement (EGM), which was formed in 1988 during a massive movement against the Soviet Union's plans to start exploitation of huge phosphorite deposits on NorthEastern part of Estonia EGM was one of the first independent political popular movement in Estonia under Soviet rule. The party Estonian Greens (EG) was formally registered in March 1992 (precessor EGM was registered as party on 20.09.1989) after merger of EGM political wing and EGP. It had approximately 250 members and 3 regional branches. In the 1992 general elections, the Greens were only able to scrape 2.6% of the vote and one
Personal income tax in Estonia is 26% and it is the same for all the people with different incomes. Corporate income tax is also 26% but comes only from profit so nothing is deducted from wages/salaries. Value added tax is the country's main income. It is not noticeable as it is already added to prices and no papers have to be filled. Economy. Estonia is not rich in mineral resources. The main natural resources are: building materials such as clay, sand, gravel, dolomite, oil shale, phosphorite and peat. Oil shale is mined in the northeast (Kohtla-Järve) and it is used as fuel in thermal power stations. Dolomite is found in Saaremaa. Economy is primarily based on light industry and the service sector i.e. tourism, banking, trade, textile and sewing industries give work to many people. Paper and timber industries also employ many workers. Paper was first produced in Estonia in 1677 and it has retained its important role. Estonian furniture industry has also a long tradition
in industry, which also includes shipbuilding, phosphate mining, and the manufacture of electronics and telecommunications equipment, electric motors, excavators, cement, furniture, and textiles and clothing. Its efficient agricultural sector employs some 20% of the labor force and produces meat (largely pork), dairy products, potatoes, flax, and sugar beets. Fishing is also important. Peat, limestone, dolomite, marl, clays (for cement and earthenware), sand (for the glass industry), phosphorite (for fertilizer), and timber are important natural resources. The nation exports light industrial products, machinery, food, wood products, textiles, and electric power. In 1993 Estonia signed a free-trade agreement with its fellow Baltic states, Latvia and Lithuania; the three nations became members of the European Union in 2004. Estonia's major trade partners include the countries of the European Union and Russia. Culture The culture of Estonia incorporates indigenous heritage
a god", whereas 54% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 26% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force". According to the survey, it would have made Estonians the most non- religious people in the then 25-member EU. 12. Economy Estonia is not rich in mineral resources. The main natural resources are: building materials (such as clay, sand, gravel and dolomite), oil shale, phosphorite and peat. Oil shale is mined in Kohtla-Järve and it is used as fuel in thermal power stations. Peat is also used as fuel. Dolomite is found in Saaremaa. Economy is primarily based on light industry and the service sector i.e. tourism (one of the most popular branches of the economy), banking, trade, textile and sewing industries give work to many people. The most important branches also include machinery and equipment. Paper and timber industries also employ many workers
Mariliis Samberk Summary Seven of the twelve bat species listed in Estonia are local: Myotis dasycneme, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis mystacinus, Myotis brandtii, Myotis nattereri, Plecotus auritus and Eptesicus nilssonii. Hibernating places are an important habitat for bats due to Estonian climate conditions. The biggest bat hibernacula in Estonia are Piusa sandstone caves in South-Estonia and Ülgase phosphorite mines as well as the underground spaces in land protection line positions of the sea fortress of Emperor Peter the Great near Tallinn. Laagri hibernation place is situated in tunnels of land protection line nr 6. The total length of the under-ground tunnels there is close to 3km. The aim for this Thesis was to give an overview of the abundance and species composition of bats in Laagri hibernation place system nr 1 in the hibernating season
woodland. The country is flat; the average elevation is 50 metres above sea level. The highest peak, Suur Munamägi rises to only 317 metres. High limestone features characterise the north of the country, while the south has a drumlin terrain. The maritime climate is temperate, summers are warm and winters mildly cold, the average annual temperature is 5 degrees Celsius and the average annual precipitation is 550 millimetres. The most important assets of the soil are oil shale, phosphorite and peat. The designation “Aestii” was first mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus in “Germania” (98 AD). By the end of the first millennium the people of Western Europe referred to the land of our ancestors with the name Estonia (derived from Germanic languages and means East). The Estonians, our Finno-Ugric forefathers settled here in approximately 5,000 BC from northern Russia and the Urals, as fishermen and hunters.
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