For several days now, an emergency situation has been in effect in many Latvian regions due to the spread of the spruce bark beetle. It seems the timber industry is truly never dull – one dramatic turn of events after another. Before the bark beetles, last year there was panic in the market for firewood, pellets, briquettes and wood chips. Last year saw very little that was “as usual”, admitted Artūrs Bukonts, Executive Director of the Latvian Forest Industry Federation (LKF). (...)
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