... And the habitat expert quite seriously instructs me – I should have cut down the trees first and only then submitted the documents to establish a micro-reserve!

If nature experts do not abandon their arrogance, they will lose any support from society, believes geographer and nature guide Anita Biseniece, sharing her experience regarding the micro-reserve status.

I am devastated by this attitude, and I will admit – I regret that I submitted an application for a micro-reserve.

But that is not all – the esteemed expert informed me that I was the only forest owner he had ever spoken to about such matters, because, you see, he does not have to do that at all.

He had also walked through my forest property alone, without informing me or inviting me along, even though it was I who submitted the application to establish the reserve. In the application, I had also indicated in which compartments I recommended establishing a micro-reserve.

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