Objectives of the establishment

The Nemunas Loops Regional Park has been established to protect the unique landscape of the great Nemunas loops and the Punia pine forest, its natural ecosystem as well as other natural and cultural heritage values.

• The Great Nemunas Loops system around Punia, Balbieriškiai, Prienai and Birštonas, with natural stream valley strucutres such as erosional remnants, waterholes, boulder exposures, the early Lithuanian pine forests of Punia and Prienai with their valuable biotic communities and the unique Degsnė larch forest;
• The Punia castle mound, the remains of ancient settlements and the Pelekonys-Dambrava castle mounds complexes, the resort of Birštonas and the Nemajūnai urban complexes, the Naravai and Siponys village landscape complexes and other cultural heritage values;
• The stability of the natural ecosystem, its biotic components, characteristic flora and fauna and natural fish migration routes and spawning grounds.