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21-27 June
Bulduri Technical School has been officially recognised as an accredited certification centre of the European Arboricultural Council for organising "European Tree Worker" examinations. This approval is a significant step in the development of arboriculture in Latvia and is a testament to the school's long-standing work in strengthening education and professional qualifications.
In our country, the efforts to restrict the use of firewood, pellets and wood chips for heating homes have no rational justification.
...the exhibition is a way of showing the wider public the vast body of knowledge and experience that has built up in Latvia in researching and processing the birch, a tree so characteristic of our landscape.
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Institutions on holiday, residents in shock, hunters raising the alarm. A bear in Vilnius. Forest news #10
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A lynx catches a cat in a yard, bears almost climb into a boat, and a wolf pesters an elk. Forest news #11
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Worth knowing! About upcoming and current events
Baloži peat railway excursions in 2025bdklubs.lv
The exhibition "What was rustling in the forest?" on the Līgatne nature trailsdaba.gov.lv
From 28 June to 14 September, Home Café Days
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All through June, the Peony Flower Parade 2025staburags.lv
From 28 May to 27 July, a solo exhibition by Prof. A. Barševskis "Peonies"
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12 September, "Forest Science in the Blue Hills", Ogre Blue Hills
About and around current affairs outside Latvia
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In mature forests, growth slows down and they face greater climate impacts. Forests cannot accumulate biomass indefinitely.
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The bill was in line with a clause in the previously signed coalition agreement, which contained precisely this commitment. The explanatory memorandum did not include a substantive impact assessment, and there was no evaluation of whether such a target is actually achievable in Estonia at all.
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"We have so many environmental restrictions... We have more forests than almost anyone else. We don't need timber from elsewhere. We don't need trees from Canada or any other country," Donald Trump emphasised.
lmsp.lv · izraelas un iranas konflikts rada realus draudus kokmaterial…lu-tirdzniecibai-tuvajos-austrumos
While oil and oil product prices are the main news topic, timber traders are particularly interested in developments in the Persian Gulf region.
On Thursday, the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, backed the introduction of three progressive income tax brackets from next year, though farmers will be granted concessions.
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In research, these chemical compounds show considerable biological activity and may possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial or even anti-cancer properties. This is, in fact, the first and most important step towards discovering a new pharmaceutical application for wood residues.
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US homeowners could receive tax rebates on purchases of flooring, panelling, joinery products, cabinets, windows and also roof windows made from US hardwood (rather than cheap artificial substitutes), under a new bill submitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The State Audit Office has sent the Saeima, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance a summary of the recommendations made in State Audit Office audits that have yet to be implemented, along with other audit findings and conclusions that could have a positive impact on the state budget.
The largest landowners in Latvia are the state, in the person of its ministries, local governments, and a number of private companies.
...in an interview with the LETA news agency, he stressed that in the HORECA segment the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over, and only this year could the company reach the sales volume in this segment that it had in 2019.
The joint work of French scientists has resulted in a scientific paper published on 25 June in the world's most prestigious academic journal, "Nature".
...the closing online seminar of the study Development of mechanical protection products for young stands from sheep's wool will take place on 30 June at 15.00
This summer, the National Library of Latvia, together with SIA "Rīgas meži", invites people to take walks through Rīga's parks and neighbourhoods, where quotations from the literary works of Latvian authors can be read on the benches.
On the night of 14 September last year, lightning struck one of Latvia's mightiest oaks – the Dambji great oak, which stands in Burtnieki parish, Valmiera Municipality. The oak caught alight and a fire broke out in it.
The game, which teaches about natural values in fresh waters, forests, meadows, caves and rock outcrops and engages people in nature conservation issues, was developed by experts from the Nature Conservation Agency in the LIFE IS SALACA project.
Why do we need so many species? Because they create the balance of the ecosystem. Every species in nature has its own role – plants photosynthesise, insects pollinate, predators regulate populations, and fungi and bacteria break down dead organisms.
Pollinators are hugely important in nature, including in agriculture, where pollinating crops increases yields and improves the quality of the produce obtained. Some crops depend on pollinators in order to produce fruit and seeds.
Construction work is under way on 70 sections of the state road network.
An experimental section has been completed on the Tukums-Ķesterciems-Mērsrags-Kolka state regional road between Upesgrīva and Valgalciems, where the surface was renewed by laying a layer of bitumen-stabilised material.
From 1 July, two experimental cross-border bus routes will open: Valga-Valka and Ikla-Ainaži-Salacgrīva. They have been introduced under the Interreg Estonia-Latvia programme project "Estonia-Latvia cross-border public transport connection", in order to improve mobility options for people living in the border area.
The talented and highly capable actor, now well liked, is approaching the zenith of his fame and has won international recognition for his role in the miniseries "Soviet Jeans".
In a museum exhibition, just as in a film or a play, the most important thing is the story it sets out to tell. The question is – what do we gain from this particular exhibition?
A fragment of the Biržai meteorite, which fell on 2 June 1863 in what is now Sala parish, Jēkabpils Municipality, has entered the collection of the Latvian Museum of Natural History.