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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

Poll

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?

News

For Finns, a cultivated spruce is the most beautiful Christmas tree – in the US, 80 per cent of Christmas trees are made of plastic
Results of the Latvian roundwood resource market monitoring for December 2018! www.latvianwood.lv timber resource price summary.
Emotional prejudice holds back the construction of timber buildings
Golden Cones fall in Sigulda
Harvesters could explode the volume of data from forests
Continued rise in roundwood prices in Sweden
We are greener than we are painted
Forestry science representatives analyse future prospects in the sector
Results of the Latvian roundwood resource market monitoring for November 2018! www.latvianwood.lv timber resource price summary.
The state must compensate forest owners for losses incurred. The example of the sarcosoma fungus...
A recurring question: "Is society prepared to trade a Latvian family for a three-toed woodpecker or an owl?"
What should landowners expect from the new government?
The forester's job is to grow forests, not to receive compensation
“Sodra” becomes the largest private forest owner in Latvia
Almost one billion euros in the state coffers
Poland is right next door. Do we manage our forests similarly?
Seminars on innovative drainage solutions
Conference on sustainable management of natural resources concludes at Daugavpils University
Clarification on support for forest restoration following natural disasters
To the members of the Forest Owners Association of Latvia!
Results of the Latvian roundwood resource market monitoring for September 2018
Forest forecasts are becoming increasingly important
Party responses to questions
Finns appreciate forest industry – share of environmental critics only 25 per cent