Drawing inspiration and understanding for filming their video messages, this year the participants in the 2nd stage of the joint-stock company “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) scholarship competition “LVM Bioekonomikas skola” once again set off on an educational expedition, during which they learned about the role of the forest sector in strengthening Latvia's energy and material security and independence.

Kārlis Taukačs, Senior Planner for the LVM Vidusdaugava region, helped the young people understand the economic processes taking place in state forest territories. Meeting in the area around the Zvirgzde white dune, the scholarship competition participants learned how to calculate the number of trees planted per hectare, as well as methods for determining the age and height of trees. Given that both economic and ecological requirements are reconciled in the planning of forestry processes, participants were also introduced to the procedures for biodiversity and landscape preservation in territories managed by LVM. (...)