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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?”

VIDEO

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?

We explain

On the scientific expert review of the Hazel Grouse conservation plan
Six examples of how hunting protects wild animals
European hypocrisy under the cover of night. Green masks are removed and flags of protectionism are hoisted
Latvian Peat Association on the State Audit Office initiative to focus on the management and accounting of mineral resources in the country
Highly contagious disease spreading through Latvia's wolf population
AS “Latvijas valsts meži” supports the recommendations developed by the State Audit Office regarding the management of mineral resources
Listen up regarding weapons!
When will there finally be clarity regarding nature reserves? Foresters turn to officials
Listen! Barrel break-in – how and whether to do it at all. “Shoot and miss!”
State and Citizen. Property and Society
Ojārs Āboltiņš: From the Ice Age to global warming
Vaidere: People's standard of living must not be compromised by climate change
Staying afloat and paying wages. On the timber market, a pulp mill, and firewood
The Impossible Mission of Finding a Compromise
Dutch "tractor protests" flare up like in the "worst rush hour"
Bioeconomy opportunities exist, but will they be seized?
Big cats are rather cautious and do not wish to encounter humans
National Development Plan 2027. Opinions
Results of the roundwood market price monitoring in Latvia's regions 10.2019
Green light for wolf hunting for population control purposes
European Forest Institute (EFI)
In brief: the situation in the timber market
200,000 hectares in Latvia could be used to grow paludicultures*
Searching for a splinter in someone else's eye, while ignoring the log in your own!
We are looking! We want to find and clarify!
Wading through connections
Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle risk in Latvian forests
An FSC representative in Latvia, or a Latvian representative to the FSC?
Development of the FSC National Forest Stewardship Standard for Latvia suspended