Industry

https://lasi.lv/saimnieks-uznemejs/lauksaimnieciba/krauze-cilvekiem-jadod-vairak-brivibas.33061
In commercial forests, the owner must be given the freedom to decide for themselves how they manage those forests. There is absolutely no evidence to support the suspicion that, on being granted such freedom, an owner will suddenly start thinking only about the day ahead and go and fell everything at once.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/meza-nozares-devums-valsts-maka-537-miljoni-eiro-523227
Last year, forestry sector companies contributed 537 million euros to the state budget, which is almost twice as much as was paid in 2018.

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/7747-latvijas-valsts-mezi-zalakais-zimols-latvija
At the end of last week – on 26 September – the "Baltic Brand Forum 2025" took place in Vilnius, at which the most loved, greenest, most humane, best value, most resonant and fastest growing brands in the Baltics were announced.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/berza-saplaksna-apstrades-nozare-sogad-lielakais-pieprasijums-bija-kravas-automasinu-gridu-detalam-523390
...the birch plywood market is a specific one, and it can differ from the timber processing market as a whole.

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/7744-jaunaudzes-valsts-mezos-sogad-aizsargas-25-000-hektaru-platiba
This year the work has been particularly difficult – the summer was cold and rainy, and repellents may only be used in dry weather, when the saplings are not wet. A further complication was the fact that, because of the unusual weather, this year the young pine shoots became lignified later than in other years, so the work had to be planned by assessing which areas could be treated and which ones had to be postponed.

https://www.silava.lv/aktualitates/laut-vai-nelaut-cirst-jaunakus-kokus-skaidro-silavas-direktors-jurgis-jansons
The forest does not need people – it was here before us and, unless some great catastrophe occurs, it will be here after us too. But people need the forest very much. That is why we go into the forest, cut down trees and plant new ones.

https://www.finieris.com/lv/latvijas-finieris-attista-jaunu-berzu-tass-ekstraktu-izmantosanas-formu-oleogelu/
Until now the extracts have been produced in powder form, but by developing a method devised at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, the company's specialists, working together with the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, have developed a new one – for producing an oleogel.
An oleogel is a gel-like substance in which colloidal particle compounds of triterpenes from birch bark extract and plant oil components form a gel-like suspension.

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/dzive-stils/tehnologijas-un-zinatne/29.09.2025-latvija-top-inovativs-un-ekologisks-kosmetikas-krems-no-berza-tass.a616113/
The birch bark particles are so fine that they can neither be seen nor felt on the skin. Yet they are said to ensure a stable harmony between oil and water.

https://mezaipasnieki.lv/lv/briviba-ar-atbildibu-ko-latvija-var-macities-no-zviedrijas-mezsaimniecibas-pieredzes
Sweden has long been regarded as one of the leading examples in forestry, from which others can learn and adopt good practice.

https://www.delfi.lv/bizness/54883004/dzilak-meza/120089498/izmerit-saskaitit-un-sajustka-meziericibas-meistars-marcis-plano-meza-dzives-ciklu
What is forest management planning? Put simply, it is the planning of how a forest is managed. It covers a range of processes and measures, such as forest inventory, as well as the preparation of a forestry organisation and development plan.

Official

https://www.zm.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/aicinam-pieteikties-akciju-sabiedribas-latvijas-valsts-mezi-tris-padomes-loceklu-amatiem
"Latvijas valsts meži" has announced an open competition for three seats on its supervisory board.

https://www.fm.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/fm-nodoklu-ienemumu-pieaugums-par-62-nodrosina-lielakus-kopbudzeta-ienemumus-sa-gada-8-menesos
Information compiled by the State Treasury shows that from January to August 2025 the consolidated general budget closed with a deficit of 257 million euros, whereas a year earlier there was a surplus of 650.1 million euros.

https://lvportals.lv/skaidrojumi/377336-fiziskai-personai-uzsakot-buvniecibu-buvniecibas-informacijas-sistema-bus-janorada-finansejuma-izcelsme-2025
From 1 November, rules will come into force stating: "If the party initiating construction is a natural person, then, in meeting the conditions for starting construction work, they shall enter information into the construction information system on the origin of the funding planned for the construction work."

In the peat industry

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/ekonomika/29.09.2025-kudras-purvos-dikstaves-vasara-uznemumiem-bazas-ka-noturet-darbiniekus.a616290/
The blocks of peat in the Balvi bog have been standing there since last autumn. This peat has not been sold, quite simply because it could not be reached – water was collecting between the rows. As a result, there is also almost no peat extracted this season.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/tuvakajos-gados-planots-butiski-palielinat-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likmi-kudrai-523397
The natural resources tax rate on peat is set to rise more than tenfold from 2027, while from 2028 the rate on unprocessed peat, fuel peat and processed peat is set to rise by more than three times again, and that on peat substrate by more than 66%.

LBTU

https://www.lbtu.lv/lv/raksts/2025-10-01/profesors-linards-sisenis-lbtu-ambicijas-ir-zinatne-ar-praktisku-pielietojumu
For Latvians, the forest has since ancient times been the place that offers shelter in dark moments and provides the necessities of life, as well as food. That is why Latvians love the forest, protect it and tend it, while at the same time drawing resources from it. So it was in olden days, and so it is today.

https://zz.lv/vietejas-zinas/meza-un-vides-zinatnu-fakultates-pirmkursnieki-triumfe-lbtu-azemitologa-svetkos-foto/
The traditional Azemitologs festival has been held for the 58th time at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, with first-year students from all five faculties competing for the main prize. This year the laurels went to students of the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences.

Hunting

https://www.vmd.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/1-oktobri-sakas-dzinejmedibu-sezona-1https://www.vmd.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/1-oktobri-sakas-dzinejmedibu-sezona-1
The new driven hunt season begins on 1 October. The State Forest Service urges those taking part in hunts to go over the hunting safety requirements again and reminds them that all animals shot must be registered in the "Mednis" mobile app.

Environment

https://www.kem.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/medijiem-iespeja-pieteikt-sabiedribas-izglitosanas-projektus-vides-aizsardzibas-jautajumos
Applicants are invited to submit projects that would help build public understanding of environmental protection issues and encourage responsible behaviour in everyday life.

https://www.kem.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/oglekla-emisijas-kvotas-ietekmigs-eiropas-savienibas-finansu-instruments
The purpose of the amendments to the law "On Pollution" is to ensure that the ETS directive is transposed into national law.

https://www.varam.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/varam-sabiedriskajai-apspriesanai-nodod-latvijas-invazivo-sugu-saraksta-projektu-ar-spanijas-kailgliemezi
Including the Spanish slug in the regulatory framework will give local authorities scope to introduce measures to reduce the spread of this species and, possibly, to prevent or delay its spread into those regions of Latvia where the slug has not yet appeared.

https://www.daba.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/apstiprinats-dabas-parka-cirisa-ezers-dabas-aizsardzibas-plans-lidz-2037-gadam
The long-term aim of the plan is to conserve freshwater, grassland, bog and forest habitats of European Union importance, including potential grassland and forest habitats, in particular wooded lake islands and the wetlands of Lake Ruskuļi.

https://www.daba.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/dabas-aizsardzibas-parvalde-lasveidigo-zivju-narsta-laika-veiks-pastiprinatas-kontroles
In Latvia, salmonids are found in the rivers of the Gauja, Irbe, Salaca and Venta basins. A large proportion of these lie within specially protected nature territories.

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/dzive-stils/vide-un-dzivnieki/03.10.2025-lauku-balodim-latvija-klajas-omuligi-populacija-piedzivo-uzplaukumu.a616329/
There are now so many common wood pigeons here during the warm season that you need no great stroke of luck to see one. You only have to know how to spot and recognise them.

In Kurzeme too

https://tv3.lv/zinas/latvija/sabiedriba/talsu-novada-mezos-pirmo-reizi-fiksets-brunais-lacis-ta-ir-sensacija/
On the morning of 26 September, the presence of a bear was recorded for the first time in northern Kurzeme – at Rude in Rojupe, Talsi municipality. The predator was caught on a hunters' trail camera at seven in the morning, and tracks left by the animal were found close to the camera itself...

Miscellaneous

https://www.tvnet.lv/8333397/valkas-novada-nakotne-iespejama-pievienosana-kaiminu-novadam-norada-ministrs
If Valka municipal council proves unable to get on top of its budget situation over a longer period, the possibility of merging the municipality with a neighbouring one may be considered...

https://www.db.lv/zinas/lidz-sa-gada-beigam-buvniecibai-vajadzetu-notikt-43-no-rail-baltica-pamattrases-523384
...about 10 kilometres are currently under construction in Latvia, with the aim of reaching 45 kilometres by the end of the year.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/piena-produktu-razotajs-grasbergs-partraucis-razosanu-523393
...explains the decision by pointing to the restructuring and efficiency drive currently under way at the farm, which demands a great deal of attention and commitment. The things we do, we want to do well, and at present our aim is to build a farm that is easy to oversee and efficient in all its processes.

https://brantcoffee.com/blog/hlorogenskabes-ko-komerckafijas-razotaji-jums-stasta-un-nestasta/
By harvesting all the coffee at once, we inevitably also pick unripe coffee cherries which, as we established earlier, contain enough chlorogenic acid to deter animals, whose sugars have not yet developed and whose balance of flavour is far from ideal.

https://www.delfi.lv/161/criminal/120089321/par-2000-gada-bezvests-pazudusa-aizputes-uznemeja-noslepkavosanu-piespriez-12-gadus-cietuma
The court noted that the accused intended to gain sole control of an illegal logging business and to keep it running for profit.

The news in cartoons

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-sodien-kvorumu-neviens-nenoraus.33107

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/diena-citi/karikaturista-skats/kukulu-paviljons-14342288

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-kur-abols.33068

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/diena-citi/karikaturista-skats/roboti-14342098

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/diena-citi/karikaturista-skats/digitala-macina-identifikacija-14342142