In January, seminars are also planned in Gulbene, Alūksne, Smiltene, and Cēsis. In February and March, seminars are scheduled for the districts of Krāslava, Rēzekne, Daugavpils, Preiļi, Jēkabpils, Madona, Balvi, Limbaži, Valmiera, Ogre, Aizkraukle, Dobele, Saldus, Liepāja, Kuldīga, Talsi, and Ventspils. Information on the venues will follow on the Rural Support Service website.

 

 

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The State Forest Service (VMD) fire station in Babīte was previously located in a building that was both morally and technically obsolete, but from 4 January, the firefighters serving the Riga region will work from a new, modern station. The new building will provide firefighters with modern office and lounge facilities, including showers and a laundry room. However, the greatest joy for the staff themselves is the new garage. Its area and gate size are adapted for modern heavy firefighting equipment, which could not even enter the station built in Soviet times.

 

2022 at "Rīgas meži" – a year of innovation and introducing new solutions

 

The Kreiči bog, covering more than 2,200 hectares right on the Russian border, is one of Latvia’s large bogs which, like many others, was drained in the last century; peat was extracted in places, and due to the effects of drainage, it has become overgrown over the years, reducing the bog's value and creating unsuitable conditions for the capercaillie, a specially protected bird that inhabits this area.

 

Greenhouses are such wonderful places – they have beautiful light, and it is always warmer in them than outside. However, they usually stand empty for almost half the year. This year, the Rudzītis family from the “Celmu pasaule” nursery in Smārde decided to make fuller use of their existing resources.

 

State Forest Service lawyer Solvita Bogdanoviča was also unable to indicate specific damages, as it is unknown what was previously at the edge of the pond: bushes or trees; all that remained were branches on the dirt road, fresh excavations, mounds of earth, and levelled areas.

 

 

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, as the authority responsible for coordinating the implementation of the European Union Cohesion Policy objective “European territorial cooperation” programmes in Latvia, including the Interreg Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 (hereinafter – the programme), invites you to participate in the programme's second and third project calls.

 

When we started discussing changes several years ago, it seemed better than it is now. There is no certainty about how everything will work in practice. A lot has to be administered by us, so we hope that the parties involved are ready to help...