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Latvijas Banka issues a symbolic collector coin, "Chestnut"
The European Innovation Act and the forest bioeconomy – what can Latvian forestry gain from it?
The “Trojan Horse” of Turkish Plywood – Growing Concerns Among European Timber Producers
Nature Conservation Agency invites donations for the restoration of nature tourism infrastructure damaged by the storm

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Concern about gaps in the skills and knowledge of our pupils is voiced quite widely from time to time. Unfortunately, only when someone from outside Latvia has concluded as much. Why is that?
There is a political tendency to be busy, to invest, to make promises, but not to think about the results
If you have little knowledge yourself, you do not even know how or what you do not know...
A smart society is not always desirable or welcome
Many interests swirl around education. A "good result" is rarely mentioned among them

A lighter note

“Why are the trees here so big?”

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Collector coin “Chestnut”
Trees on agricultural land – perennial plantations, short-rotation coppice or agroforestry?!
The Baltics in the Kremlin's sights. How serious is the threat?

In other countries

New US law will support the restructuring and modernisation of the timber industry
Canada's architectural pride – the 10-storey timber building "Limberlost Place"
Finland's Hunting Act is changing. Will the changes improve the situation?
Poland sharply cuts timber exports to China
“If it works in Arctic conditions, it works anywhere” – the Nordic countries begin electrifying timber transport
Swedish energy company "Växjö Energi" receives support from the European Investment Bank
Germany's spruce growing stock will fall by 75% by 2100. The timber industry is switching to pine
China is transforming its forestry sector to ensure sustainable management
Alaska's forestry industry begins to recover
The German question. How can an advanced industrial economy be run successfully under the new conditions?
Transporting Russian timber has been made difficult by sharply rising costs
Despite sanctions, Russian timber is reaching new markets in the Middle East
Study suggests solar farms could provide habitats for bumblebees
North Korea introduces its first forest monitoring system
The dream of new forests in Denmark risks fading away in a jungle of bureaucracy
How Europe's flagship nation, Germany, is moving towards a circular carbon economy
Diverse forestry helps create climate-resilient forests
Developments in Poland's energy and climate neutrality policy
Stora Enso's new forest management model also encompasses biodiversity
Forest properties in Finland are a good investment
New decision could end US armed forces' trade in tropical timber
Tanzania's forests provide 20% of the country's GDP, five times more than official estimates suggest
Finland's Natural Resources Institute reports: wolf population rising rapidly
Further losses for Russia's timber industry. Sanctions sink "Tobol Timber"
Despite the geopolitical situation, foreign investment in Finland rose to 83.5 billion euros in 2024
On the best wood-use innovation in the “New Wood Competition”
People in Germany are struggling to pay their electricity and gas bills on time
Finland secures food reserves, prepares for crisis situations and urges Europe to follow its example
“Cocoa with a conscience” – funding for fair and forest-friendly cocoa bean growing
Netflix signs a deal to buy carbon credits from US forests
Sweden pays a premium to Finland for imported timber
New FAO forest management plan for Latin America
How the “American dream” is fading – housing costs in the US keep rising
The Vatican puts Pope Francis's ecological teaching into practice with a vocational training centre in agriculture
Ifo institute slightly lowers its growth forecast for Germany
Powerful hurricanes hit timber stocks in the USA
How can housing affordability be solved in Great Britain?
Entrepreneur in Finland loses state forestry company contract over dual citizenship
Has demand for wood in Finland peaked?
Sharp rise in the number of forest fires in Canada
“Valmet” to supply biomass heating plant to paper producers in Spain
Investigation under way against state officials over illegal logging in Ukraine
Sweden is failing to comply with the so-called green transparency legislation
Israeli-Iranian conflict poses a real threat to the timber trade in the Middle East
Estonia abandons target of generating all the electricity it uses from renewable sources
US repeals forest road-building rules, allowing logging volumes to increase
Renewable energy sector welcomes creation of Germany's 500 billion euro fund
E-fuel is essential for defence capabilities
Finnish cities offer a reward for killing invasive Spanish slugs
African mahogany bark could be used to make medicines
New US bill would grant tax relief to users of domestic hardwood in order to curb cheap imports
Pellervo Economic Research Institute forecast – forest owners' revenue from timber sales could hit record highs
Ireland's road to sustainable food systems
“Cut, Baby, Cut”, or why US timber harvesting has to rise by 450%
Timber from Colombia – a source of illegal wood for Europe and North America
Relieving Germany's Foreign Ministry of responsibility for climate matters could weaken international engagement
How Japan has adapted its standards to make buildings earthquake-safe
Sweden prepares to build a 400-metre-long timber bridge
Indigenous communities oppose legal changes that could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon region
Poland leads European efforts to end dependence on imports of Russian fossil fuels
Wine industry looks for new uses for millions of timber posts
US Congress passes act on the use of mass timber building materials in federal building construction
NASA uses laser technology to map tree canopy height from space
Protecting Australia's forests: scientists take on disinformation
Proposal to offset Germany's CO₂ emissions outside Europe draws criticism
Last week a bear killed a person in Slovakia. The country's government is deciding on reducing bear numbers
Indonesia's carbon market to reach 4 billion dollars a year within the next decade
North America's tallest timber hotel to rise beside Vancouver station
Builders are stockpiling timber to dodge tariffs. But at what cost?
Utter chaos. Trump's tariffs push timber prices to "Covid"-era levels
It is essential that bioeconomy sectors are included in the European Union's Clean Industrial Deal
Logging has been very difficult. The mild winter is affecting timber availability in southern Finland
France's energy transition problems against a backdrop of government instability
Poland's move away from fossil fuels. Problems and opportunities
Heterobasidion diseases threaten to wipe out Europe's conifer stands
The pre-election campaign in Germany and questions about the future of the Green Deal
Slovenia's forests are a symbol of the country's identity
Nature-based solutions. Pilot projects in the Nordic countries
An unprecedented tree-planting programme is in full swing in Hungary
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approves the supervisory board of the state enterprise "Forests of Ukraine"
Restoring birch woodland and wetlands in the land of fire and ice
Cut logging volumes in the European Union and they will rise elsewhere. It will cost EU citizens very, very dearly
Sustainability reporting remains a "black box" for many small businesses in Germany