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The State Chancellery announces a competition for the position of Director General of the State Forest Service

 

The upcoming seedling sorting and processing complex at Mežvidi nursery will cover 8,000 square metres, housing production facilities, seedling freezers, and nursery administrative offices. Additionally, a 500-square-metre warehouse for equipment and machinery, the construction of utility networks, and site landscaping over 2.8 hectares are planned.

 

The methodology has been developed to apply and review the lease fee for the extraction of mineral resources on land owned by a public entity in accordance with regulatory enactments, which stipulate that the determination and review of lease fees must be carried out at least once every six years.

 

In the week before the holidays, a deal was concluded in which one of Latvia's leading wood industry companies, “Stiga RM”, acquired 505 hectares of Latvian forest land in the Zemgale and Kurzeme regions for a total of 4.06 million euros. Competing with foreign and domestic investors, “Stiga RM” acquired forest areas that previously belonged to a company managed by Finnish investors.

 

In the “Puķu lauki” nursery in Laidze parish, Talsi municipality, Sanita and Raivis Reinbergs are busy in one of several greenhouses. Before the Easter celebrations, they and their sons are watering their bountiful collection of perennial plants. Sanita explained what was hidden in the many trays placed side by side: “Here are echinaceas, here are pansies, violas, here are all sorts of ornamental grasses.”

 

 

Meanwhile, the forest harvesting sector will experience the second “bark beetle effect”. Last year’s high wood prices led to higher demand for logging and sawing services, which gave industry companies the opportunity to invest in development. However, the declared state of emergency will reduce the number of available felling areas, which will in turn affect the volume of work for local forest harvesters and sawmills. The shortage of Latvian timber will be mitigated by the import of finished wood products from Scandinavia. Consequently, in interaction with the start of the construction season at the end of April and the absence of Russian and Belarusian timber, the demand and value of softwood sawlogs in the market could increase.

 

 

 

 

I agree with Klaus; I would not call the forest sector small either, especially given its significant role in the regions. I also fully agree with the objection that energy consumption in such a comparison should then be calculated against the total. I would point out to both, however, that one should, nevertheless, precisely observe the scope of the sectors when using the same scale indicators – whether we are talking about the forest sector as a whole, which accounts for 5.5% of total value added, or wood processing, which accounts for ~2.7%. Likewise, energy consumption and other indicators should be viewed accordingly.

 

 

The Latvian Environmental Protection Fund Administration, in accordance with the decision of the 6 April 2023 meeting of the Latvian Environmental Protection Fund Council, announces a project competition for the activity “Measures to improve the state of species and habitats”. The goal of the competition is to provide financial support for projects implementing practical activities to improve the conservation status of species and habitats, in order to promote the achievement of the goals of the European Union (EU) Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Priority Action Framework for the Natura 2000 network in Latvia (2021–2027). The deadline for the submission of project applications is 12 May 2023.

 

With the warm and rainy weather, toads will wake up in nature to begin their usual journey to their native ponds and continue their lineage. The toad is a slow crawler; crossing the road can take it up to 15 minutes, but crawling across a busy traffic section often becomes an impossible mission. To preserve this amphibian species, for the second year already, the Nature Conservation Agency (the Agency) is inviting everyone to join the campaign “Mission – TOAD. Save the Prince!”, become a volunteer toad rescuer, and help toads cross the road safely in a specific road section during the active migration period.

 

“Even if we encounter one of them, we keep our distance, slowly step away, leave the animal alone, and, in all likelihood, it will leave us alone too,” points out Agrita Žunna. “With bears, one has to be a little more cautious.”

 

 

Every year, the Nature Conservation Agency (DAP) issues more than ten permits for the knocking down of rook nests, mainly in Zemgale, where the largest rook colonies have long lived. Fighting against these uninvited guests has not been very successful, so this spring the local authorities decided not to spend funds on it.

 

 

“To a great extent, this happened thanks to our friends and partners from the Latvian forest industry: Māris Liopa, Guntis Grandāns, also the NGO TEV and many others, whom we often talk about and to whom we are very grateful,” says Oleksandr Kvatirko, Director of the Polissya Forestry Office.

 

 

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