It is no myth that Latvians live in trees. We live in a country where forests cover 3.412 million hectares, or 53% of the country's territory. In terms of forest coverage, Latvia ranks fourth in Europe. Meanwhile, the number of officially registered notable trees in Latvia in 2020 already exceeded 11,500, but including unregistered ones, the number could be around 20,000, meaning Latvia has one of the highest densities of notable trees in Europe. Only Great Britain has more registered notable trees.
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In recent weeks, both in the Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers, the thesis has been heard once again: “We must act this way, otherwise there will be penalties, infringement procedures, etc.” Often, such a pseudo-argument completely excludes reasonable disputes, discussions, or alternatives, forcing those responsible to make decisions hastily and not always in the interests of Latvia. Why is that?
Old habits are hardening - someone somewhere knows better, let us rely on them
Lack of sufficient capacity or laziness to defend a different point of view
A generation of cabinet officials has been created who are accustomed to accepting rather than delving into matters
This is a serious problem for Latvia for which no solution is being sought. It will probably be all right somehow...