“The Green Deal is a good idea, but the question is how well this idea is being implemented and whether it is being distorted beyond recognition in the process. It is similar to the protection of lesser spotted eagles: are the eagles being protected and people motivated to coexist with them and even enjoy their presence, or is a brutal ban on economic activity being imposed on people on their own land of five hectares or more?

This makes people angry, and they are prepared to go to court over this issue. In this case, the fault does not lie with the eagles, but with the execution,” said Jansons.

He noted that the Green Deal is also about mitigating climate change, including, above all, the reduction of CO2 emissions, which can be achieved in two ways – one is to halt the country’s already rather feeble production, and the other is to “capture” emissions back into the forest with the help of photosynthesis.