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PRESS RELEASES
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The "Latvian State Forests" (Latvijas Valsts Meži) advertising campaign "Mammadaba" (Mother Nature), which was created by the Latvian advertising agency "!MOOZ", was featured this month in one of the advertising industry’s most prestigious magazines - "Lurcers Archive". Read more... |
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Latvian teachers kicked off the first week of 2012 with LVM environmental education courses. Even though the weather was cold and damp, the teachers exuded positive emotions, admitting that the information and experience gained during the courses will definitely be useful when working with students. Read more... |
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One of Latvia’s most outstanding tourist destinations – the Tērvete Recreation and Nature Park, which is managed by "Latvian State Forests" (Latvijas Valsts Meži), attracted a record number of tourists in 2011 – 77,000, which is 15 percent more compared to 2010. Read more... |
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To inform the general public about the cycle of forest management and its planning principles in state forests, LVM offers an informative video animation. Read more... |
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JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” has received the Latvian Confederation of Employers (LCE) and the State Office’s Annual Effective Management Award for excellence in organisational management. Read more... |
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JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) continues its certification process. This week, FSC forest management certificates were granted to forest management districts of Zemgale (trademark licence code FSC-C105700) and Vidusdaugava (trademark licence code FSC-C105701). Read more... |
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JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” has completed certification of its forests according to the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certification scheme. The independent auditors, who inspected all 8 forest management divisions of “Latvijas valsts meži”, have concluded that the company practices a balanced forest management in line with the environmental, social, and economic requirements. Read more... |
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JSC „Latvijas valsts meži” has commenced selling of PEFC-certified timber and delivery to its customer. The first batches have already reached the Latvian timber-processing plants. Thereby, Latvian entrepreneurs have raw materials allowing to manufacture and label products with a certification that the timber comes from forests managed in a well-balanced manner and in line with the environment, social, and economic requirements, and that maintenance, regeneration, and future increase of forest value, resources and ecological processes are ensured. The company currently holds 5 PEFC forest management certificates which, at the moment, cover more than a half of the forest territories managed by the company, and the plan is to certify all the managed forests until the end of the year. Read more... |
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Europe’s forests contribute to sustainable societies and a healthy environment across the globe
Forests are a unique renewable natural resource. Today, the United Nations are launching the International Year of Forests 2011 at their Headquarters in New York. The overall objective is to raise awareness about the need to strengthen the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations. The upcoming FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, which will be convened on 14-16 June in the Norwegian capital Oslo, represents a major European contribution to the International Year of Forests. The launch of this important global forest initiative takes place in conjunction with the Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9), 24 January-4 February, in New York, USA. The UNFF deliberations will address key challenges of forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication. Read more... |
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The Legend of the Latvian State Forest's, Mr. Pigman is the long-awaited answer to the problem of illegal waste disposal. This snout-donning, snuffling super-swine spends his days charging around Latvia, trying to clean up the woods and make the littering culprits squeal for mercy. Read more... |
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To fight against littering of the roadside and warn the drivers from being penalised for throwing waste out of the car windows (amount of fine, LVL from 50 to 500), Cūkmens, assisted by a group of supporters “Clean Forests”, launches a campaign “Don’t litter the roadside!“. Special road information signs warning the drivers and encouraging them to closer watch their own conduct in a few coming days will be posted on roadsides around the perimeter of Riga. Read more... |
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Having looked into all “pros and cons” AS “Latvijas valsts meži” decided to support the termination of the FFSC certificate in Latvian state forests unless the transparency of certification procedures and quality of the auditing process is radically improved. Currently, the FSC Audit Report is made public and most of reasons for the above decision are clearly outlined there. Read more... |
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Within the national campaign “Oxygen” focussing on sowing and planting trees in the whole country, about 35 000 school children from 700 schools of Latvia, several thousand private persons as well as many representatives from companies and organizations have sown already over 2 million pine and spruce trees. Due to high interest and enthusiasm of people, additional 8000 seed sets of pine and spruce have been delivered to postal offices all over Latvia which will be available to the interested parties starting from Today, June 9. Read more... |
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Experts have placed AS “Latvijas valsts meži” on TOP of the list grading Latvian companies as to their environment-friendliness. Read more... |
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The annual Forest Days incorporating more than a hundred different events aimed at cleaning up of the forest and the recreation sites, planting of new forest and fixing up of nest boxes for birds have drawn to a close. Read more... |
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The time long awaited by anglers has set in at last: form May 1 it is permitted to angle from the boat. This concerns undoubtedly also the lakes under management of AS "Latvijas valsts meži": Kaņiera, Zebrus, Lielauces and Gulbju. The only exception is Tervete Water Reservoir where the angling season starts only on June 1.
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Since May 26, a poster named “Plant your own tree!” by Elīna Kļaveniece, a 10th grade student of Iecava Secondary School painted within the framework of a creative ad competition “Different Holywood” organized in Latvia by AS "Latvijas valsts meži", SEB Bank, "Clear Channel Latvija" and Junior Achievement is displayed in larger towns of Latvia. Read more... |
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On May 5, over the inauguration event of the national tree-seeding campaign “Oxygen” at the Monument of Liberty, some well-known members of the public together with schoolchildren, representatives of AS “Latvijas valsts meži” and SEB Bank, sew the seeds of the first 1350 trees. We have a pleasure to announce that over the past two weeks they have sprouted! Read more... |
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To transform Latvia into the greenest place on Earth, the nation-wide tree seeding and planting campaign “Oxygen” has been launched supported by AS “Latvijas valsts meži“ and SEB Bank. Within one year, the campaign aims at planting 2 231 503 pine and spruce trees over the whole Latvia. For achieving of this goal an appeal has addressed to the 5th and 6th –graders as well as to all inhabitants of this country so that each one should plant a tree already this spring. Read more... |
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We are proud to say that looking back at the achievements of the Great Cleanup Week in the area managed by AS “Latvijas valsts meži” one can see even a higher enthusiasm among the campaign participants than a year ago: 2500 people have taken part in 62 cleaning-up measures collecting totally over 4000 bags of waste, planting 23 hectares of forest as well as fixing up 700 nest boxes for birds. Read more... |
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Stimulated by the onset of spring Cūkmens, the popular protagonist of AS “Latvijas valsts meži” and fighter against littering of forests, is roused into activity. Vigorously preparing for the Big Clean-up Day, which takes place already this week (24 April), the pink-coloured Super Hero has undertaken another important mission: visiting of 10 schools in Latvia which have distinguished themselves in the Forest Contest 2010. Read more... |
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On 1st February, Artis Kampars, Minister for Economics, presented the forestry sector’s annual award Zelta Čiekurs (Golden Cone) in the category For Innovative Entrepreneurship to Roberts Strīpnieks, Chairman of Board at JSC “Latvijas valsts meži”. The ceremony took place at the Ministry of Agriculture. The honorary awards in the same category went to SIA “Eibe L” and SIA “Vika Wood”. Read more... |
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Starting from February, the streets of Riga and other Latvia’s cities will feature the poster Aizbiedē smoga spoku – iestādi savu koku! (Scare away the smog ghost – plant your tree!) designed by Elīna Kļaveniece, a 10th grade student of Iecava Secondary School. Read more... |
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Cūkmens (Pigman), a dedicated advocate of clean forests, has entered his song in the national selection round of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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There is a pleasant surprise in store for active winter lovers, as a skiing track was opened at the Tērvete Nature Park this past weekend. Read more... |
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Ruddy cheeks, happy smiles and new knowledge are keywords that describe a lesson in the open air, as witnessed by students, teachers and guests at the opening ceremony to celebrate the release of the new book English in the Forest issued by JSC “Latvijas valsts meži”. Read more... |
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During the European Tourism Forum held in Brussels from 7th to 9th October, the Tērvete Nature Park received the honorary title of EDEN project winner or European Destination of Excellence in Latvia. Read more... |
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Title of the Research Study Commissioned – Adjustment of Forestry to Climate Change Read more... |
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At the end of July, in the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium the European Logging Championship was held. In team rankings, in the competition of 10 teams, the Latvian National Team conclusively ranked third, just a little lagging behind the champion and the runner-up teams: Estonia and Germany. Other countries participating the Championship were United Kingdom, France, Luxemburg and Belgium, totally 22 participants in the adult class. Read more... |
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The winners of July of the angling competition organized by AS “Latvijas valsts meži” for the largest fish caught are as follows: Read more... |
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Over the closing days of July, a teachers’ further education course took place in “Ezernieki” Travel Centre for the first time providing an opportunity for teachers to acquire the further education program “Implementation of a comprehensive, cognition, independence and creativity enhancing education process in elementary education on the forest, values of forest and environmental issues” coordinated with the Ministry of Education. Read more... |
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Despite his ambitious schedule of visits to larger towns of Latvia within the waste sorting campaign Šķirolūcija, Pigman gives no grounds for concern about his being tired: the pink-coloured super hero has found time to visit the camp “For Green Life” organized by Society for Children with Movement Disorders at Vaivari Elementary School, Jūrmala.
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Over the first 6 months of 2009, AS “Latvijas valsts meži” has carried out forest regeneration in the area of 10.7 thousand ha (forest planting, sowing and enhancing of natural regeneration). Agro-technological tending of the previously regenerated areas in the amount of 0.6 thousand ha has also taken place over this period and 5.9 thousand ha of the young stands have been tended. Read more... |
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During the Forest Contest Finals in Tērvete Nature Park, the 3 top school teams from all over Latvia were identified who will set out for a nature expedition to Norway in August. To win the championship of the Forest Contest, the teams of students and teachers in a day had to demonstrate their knowledge, prowess and expertise in multiple fields related to forest. Read more... |
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AS Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) ranks second, following the biggest bank Swedbank, in the list of undertakings with highest assets in Latvia, which was published in the business newspaper Dienas Bizness. Read more... |
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 Finally, the moment all fishermen have been waiting for is here: 1st May was the starting day for fishing from the boat, including fishing in the lakes managed by AS Latvijas valsts meži (LVM): Lake Kaņiera, Lake Zebrus, Lake Lielauces and Lake Gulbju. The only fishing site which requires a little waiting is the Tērvete Reservoir, where the fishing season will open in a month. These water bodies offer every prospect of a good catch, as the lakes managed by LVM not only provide fishing opportunities, but also have had their fish stock supplemented on a regular basis since 2002. During these past years, three million pike larvae, 20 thousand of young eels, 40 thousand of young pike perches, 10 thousand of annual pike perches and 10 thousand of one-year pickerels have been released into LVM lakes.
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The new Information and Education Centre in the Tērvete Nature Park has been inaugurated in Tērvete Nature Park. Read more... |
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At the beginning of April, the Baltic PR Awards ceremony took place. The winning entry in the category Corporate Responsibility was the campaign Don't litter the forest! You'll turn into a pig! run by AS Latvijas valsts meži (LVM).
A total of 97 public relations projects from all three Baltic States were entered in this prestigious competition. The international jury shortlisted 30 finalists who presented their projects at the final auditions held on 1st April. Read more... |
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As the spring sets in, Mammadaba and AS Latvijas valsts meži invite schools and other friends of nature to take part in the Open Forest Days throughout Latvia – to plant forest, set up birdhouses and clear the environment of litter. This year for the first time, the programme has a lot to offer: a total of 45 events will take place in the period between 24th March and 15th May. Read more... |
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In 2008, AS Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) constructed and commissioned 716 km of forest roads. Such a considerable amount has never been accomplished in one year’s time, not just during the operation of LVM, but also over the whole period of existence of the State of Latvia. Read more... |
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On February 6, 2009, the winners of the prize Zelta čiekurs (Golden Cone), an annual prize of the forestry sector, were selected and awarded in four nominations, which took place during the festive ceremony. Read more... |
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The first estimations in France are around 40 M m3, mainly pine and poplar, which is quite disastrous. We are waiting for details from our members who are in the region (we have a phone conference tonight). It seems that this wood would be mainly destinated to packaging industry, paper industry and wood energy. We are now working on a crisis action plan in order to set up specific measures for the forests in South West of France. Read more... |
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The grant competition organized by AS Latvijas valsts meži has been completed. Read more... |
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The outcome of a joint creative activity of Liels un Mazs Publishers and AS AS Latvijas valsts meži is a publication of a book for school-children: The Fat Stranger or Adventures and Trials of Christer, the Five-grader and the Invincible Pigman.
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The second magazine of Mammadaba [Mother Nature] has been issued.
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On Saturday, 25 October, the second cartoon show Mammadaba Multi Rīts was held at cinema Rīga. The show featured several animated cartoons directed by Nils Skapāns, as well as some characters created by Animācijas Brigāde film studio. Several minutes before the start of the show, the ticket office area was still filled with both big and small cinema-goers queuing up to the entrance door. Additional seats had to be provided in the hall to accommodate all viewers. Read more... |
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Newspaper Dienas bizness has published the list of 200 undertakings with highest assets in Latvia, where AS Latvijas valsts meži ranks third, thus repeatedly becoming the most valuable forest sector company in Latvia. Read more... |
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At the end of September, the JSC Latvijas valsts meži hosted representatives of the Malaysian private company SABAH FOREST INDUSTRIES SDN. BHD operating in the tropical rainforests’ industry.
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Starting from September, cinema Rīga will offer monthly morning cartoon shows Mammadaba Multi Rīti, allowing children (aged 5-10) to enjoy specially selected animated cartoon programmes about nature, animals and adventures happening in the forest.
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On 20 September, the 4th Latvian Mushroom Gathering Championship took place in Tome, Ogre Region. The event was organised by the Forest Faculty and the Food Technology Faculty of Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU), the JSC Latvijas valsts meži, Vidusdaugava forestry and Ķegums city with the rural area.
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During Lielā Talka (clean-up day in Latvia), which was organized under the motto "A clean and green country – a present given to Latvia on the 90th anniversary” more than 260000 garbage bags were collected according to information received from waste managing companies and waste polygons. It is three times bigger than amount calculated on September 13, 2008. The first calculation was based on reports sent by local coordinators. Around 50000 people have joint their efforts on big clean-up day in Latvia. Read more... |
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"A clean and green country - present to Latvia on her ninetieth anniversary" is the slogan for this cleaning day- campaign, which will take place on September 13, 2008 in 352 municipalities all around Latvia. The initiator of this campaign is writer Anna Zigure (Anna Žīgure) who was inspired by Estonian example. Read more... |
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 AS Latvijas valsts meži [Latvian State Forests] has issued a new richly illustrated magazine Mammadaba. Read more... |
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On 16 August a new viewing tower, about 28 m high, erected by AS Latvijas Valsts Meži at the top of Kamparkalns, Ziemeļkurzeme highest hill was inaugurated. Read more... |
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The period of 10-17 August, the winners of the Forest Contest and the competition The 11th Hour organized by AS Latvijas valsts meži [Latvian State Forests] spent in an exciting nature expedition in Norway.
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The shareholder’s meeting has approved the financial statement of AS Latvijas valsts meži for 2007. The company’s yearly turnover reached 162.4 million LVLbringing profit in the amount of 92.7 million LVL. Pursuant to decision of the shareholder’s meeting on the business year 2007, the company will pay out dividends to shareholders in the amount of 28.7 million LVL. Read more... |
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On Friday, 23 May, the Priedaine viewing tower was opened to public in Krāslava. The tower is situated in the area of Kaplava parish, Krāslava district on lands managed by Dienvidlatgale forestry of AS Latvijas valsts meži (LVM). Read more... |
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The largest spring joint work voluntary cleaning campaign was organized on 10 May this year by companies SIA Latvija Statoil, AS Latvijas Valsts meži and the TV broadcast Vides fakti [Environmental Facts]. The campaign attracted 600 volunteers cleaning and trimming up 4 different sites of cultural and historical importance and nature sites in Zemgale, Kurzeme and Vidzeme. Read more... |
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On 22 March, the sports field of Arēna Rīga was fully occupied by strongmen participating the Tolmets Riga Grand Prix 2008 contest. There were 14 athletes from 11 countries competing and dividing the first points in the Strongman Champions League.
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Andris Balodis, the director of the structural unit of the State Stock Company “Latvia’s State Forests” “LVM Roundwood Deliveries”, has become the foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien) to work in the Forestry Section.
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At the tourism fair “Balttour 2008”, which was held in Riga, at Ķīpsala Hall, from February 8 to 11 and gathered participants from 32 countries of the world, the stand “Mother Nature” was nominated as the most attractive one for the second year running.
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On January 25 at Riga House of Congresses the official awards ceremony of the Annual Prize “The Golden Cone” was held, it is the highest recognition for achievements in the forest sector.
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The Ministry for Children and Family Affairs has granted to the State Stock Company “Latvia’s Sate Forests” the status of “A Family- Friendly Entrepreneur”.
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On 1 November a new sapling sorting and packing line started operating at the Mazsili nursery of the AS Latvijas Valsts Meži (LVM) structural unit LVM Sēklas un Stādi. This is the most modern sorting and packing line for forest plants in the Baltic States.
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On 26 October the 100th anniversary of the country park project author and its first creator the forester Miķelis Kļaviņš was celebrated in Tērvete. Read more... |
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From 29 October to 25 November together with your classmates take part in the tour competition at the Mother Nature path of the paths and all together set out on an unforgettable trip. Read more... |
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On 5 October hundreds of people who have collected several thousands cubic meters of garbage gathered to volunteer to clean-up the Latvian coastal forests. Apart from the practical value of the voluntary clean up – cleaner forest, collected garbage – this one is substantial because it shows that forestry clean-up is becoming a serious movement.
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Subject of the Tender: Round timber log supply:
- For 6-month period; planned supplies from January to June 2008;
- For 3-year period; planned supplies from January 2008 till December 2010; Read more... |
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On 15 September in Tome there will take place the third consecutive Latvian Mushroom Gathering Championship, organized by the Museum of Nature, the Forest and the Food technology faculties of the Latvian University of Agriculture, the JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” forestry “Vidusdaugavas”.
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From 28 to 30 August the winners of the Forest Competition have been finding out about the forest by visiting the biggest forest museum in Finland – the ”Lusto”. Read more... |
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AS “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM, Joint stock company Latvian State Forests) council had informed the Agriculture Ministry about the company’s activities in the first half of this year.
The results show that LVM turnover in this period had reached 75.7 million lats. 2.37 million cubic metres of timber have been sold. 40% of it is supplied without brokers to Latvian timber industry enterprises. Read more... |
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It is well known that Latvians like crayfish. It is proved by a huge interest in crayfishing possibilities in lake Lielauces and Tērvete reservoir that are managed by AS "Latvijas valsts meži". Although the crayfishing season officially lasts till the 30th of September, all 1000 licences for this season are already sold. Read more... |
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The first trip of the new “Fairytale train” will be celebrated in Tērvete Nature Park on the 11th of August at 11 o’clock. Read more... |
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AS Latvijas valsts meži Zemgales mežniecība (Joint stock company Latvian State Forests Forestry of Zemgale) had received the “Social heritage annual prize” for management of Vilces castle hill, battlefields in Ložmetējkalns and Zaļenieku Estate Park. Read more... |
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The company revenue reached LVL 100.1 million in 2006, and the profit amounted to LVL 44.2 million. The company has paid LVL 26.4 million to state and local government budgets in different taxes and duties. Read more... |
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At the beginning of June the annual Conference of State Forest Managers took place in Scotland where representatives from AS Latvijas Valsts Meži also participated. Generally the topics for this year’s Conference were the role of forests in elimination of global climate changes and the production of renewable energy from wood. Read more... |
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 On May 31, the joint stock company Latvijas Valsts Meži (LVM) in Indrāni district of Madona region opened the Centre for Tourism and Recreation „Ezernieki” .
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Latvijas Valsts Meži is warning of several cases making them assume that there is a rapid spread of a new epidemic –Swine Disease. In the forest, on the beach, in camping sites and by the roadside pigs have appeared wearing trousers, dresses and swim-suits. The evidence gathered testifies to a certain law of nature - shortly before appearance of the odd animals people were noticed at the scene dumping their waste in nature. Read more... |
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 On May 18 there was a celebration held in Kalsnava Arboretum in honour of the 30th anniversary since the foundation and the opening of the Information Centre Read more... |
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As of 23.05.2007 the activities of AS Latvijas Valsts Meži towards artificial forest regeneration have been completed in an area of 6,312.20 ha or 85 % of the amount planned this year. Read more... |
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On May 19 tree planting action was organised at the Vecumnieki Department of Central Daugava Forestry within the scope of the campaign “Thinking of Flying? Plant a Tree!”
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On April 13, Kalsnava Plantation has sold the first 17,000 hybrid aspen plants to Lithuania.
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Brussels, 21st of March 2007. Members of the European State Forest Association met in the brand new European Forestry House for their second general assembly. On the agenda were organizational matters, the election of EUSTAFOR’s new chair and an examination of EU strategies on renewable energy. Read more... |
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Brussels, 20th of March, 2007: In a festive atmosphere the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel ceremonially opened the newly established European Forestry House by pointing out the great potential of such a house help emphasise the importance of forestry for Europe. Read more... |
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Brussels, 30 January 2007
Resulting wood quantities below 2007 timber harvest target Read more... |
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Latvijas Valsts Meži in cooperation with Forest Development Fund had presented the guide called “Learn the Forest” to Latvian schools which will help the elementary school teachers who wish to stimulate their pupil’s contact with the forest and the environment. Read more... |
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The storms that raged in Europe in early January caused significant losses not only in Latvian forests but also in other countries’ ones. The European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) has summarised the news about felled forests received from the association members. Read more... |
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This year has begun unusually. For two whole months warm weather has been holding its position and it has been raining all the time which is not typical for winter. Therefore flowering trees and plants “think” that now it is spring and they start to blossom. Read more... |
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The Latvijas Valsts Meži joint-stock company has summarised the provisional information on the damage caused by the last storm. According to current data about 200 000 m3 of wood might have been damaged and felled. Woods in Southern Kurzeme and Zemgale suffered the most; however the forestry in Southern Latgale and Northen Kurzeme experienced damage too. In contrast to the storm in 2005 this time the trees have mostly been damaged but not felled. For the time being it has been established that the trees were felled generally in Zamgale (Garoza District, Mise, by Īle) and around Daugavpils on the Dviete side. Read more... |
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Today Zaiga Gaile, Ilze Aizsilniece and Imants Ziedonis were awarded with the title “Forest friends”. Read more... |
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The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois) has developed a strategy which provides for the extension of wood and wood product use in building. This is a long-term programme that is directed towards a wood market increase and in the course of time wood will become one of the most widespread building materials. Wood is a very handy but still complex building material. Therefore the confederation thinks that it should help such persons as customers, architects and building engineers, who work in the building sector, to better know the different usage features of this material. Read more... |
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After the intensive fishing season more than 3000 two-year-old pike-perches were released into the ZebrusLakemanaged by Latvijas Valsts Meži joint-stock company. Read more... |
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A private production company from China- Beijing RuiShang TV – in cooperation with State Tourism Development Agency is now working on a programme about tourism and business possibilities in Latvia, which is planned to be shown in the autumn of this year on one of the Chinese TV channels, dedicated to insights into travel. Read more... |
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TOP WORLD Internet portal has collected the world most interesting places. There is mentioned among them also the Tērvete Nature Park. Read more... |
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To support development of fishing sports and healthy outdoor recreation JSC ”Latvijas valsts meži” (“Latvian State Forests”) calls for a competition on the largest fish caught in LVM managed lakes Read more... |
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In January 7 – 9, 2005, the cyclones coming from the Atlantic Ocean brought about a storm of the hurricane force with the heaviest damages suffered by Northern Europe, including the Baltics. According to the British meteorologists, it was the heaviest storm that has ever hit Northern Europe for the past 16 years. Read more... |
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JSC ”Latvijas valsts meži” („Latvian State Forests”) every year intensively supplements the population of fish in lakes managed by the enterprise. As soon as it becomes warmer there were released into lakes Kaniera, Zebrus and Lielauces 400 thousand young pike. In favourable conditions in a couple of years the fish will grow up and may become a catch of every fisherman Read more... |
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Almost 200 young people together with an Olympian Martinsh Rubenis (Mārtiņš Rubenis) on May 4th in the frames of ”1=2” action cleaned and planted 2 ha of state forest. Read more... |
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At the end of April in Jelgava castle there took place an exhibition of Latvian seedlings, organized by Stādu audzētāju biedrība (Society of seedling nurseries). The subdivisions ”LVM Seeds and Plants” of JSC ”Latvijas valsts meži” (“Latvian State Forests”) (tree plantations of Kalsnava, Jelgava, Plavinas and Strenchu) also participated in the parade of Latvian seedlings. Read more... |
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The general meeting of shareholders has approved the JSC ”Latvijas valsts meži” (“Latvian State Forests”) annual financial report 2005.
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On Sunday, the 16th of April, starting at 13.00 everyone is invited to “Latvian Easter hullabaloo” in the TerveteCountryPark.
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The Latvian state wood science institute Silava, together with the Swedish wood development institute Skogforsk, and on request from JSC Latvian State Forests have prepared a research project “Power woodchip production biome and prime cost calculation model in clean cuts developed with harvester”. Read more... |
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From the 20th until the 22nd of March, management and specialists from a Bavarian wood management company visited the Joint Stock Company “Latvian State Forests” to gain experience. During the last year, in German Bundesland the state wood management company Bayerische Staatsforsten AoR has been restructured. The main principles of this company are similar to those of the Latvian Joint Stock Company Latvian State Forests, that was established six year ago as a result of a similar reorganization process.
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At the end of March, employees of the structural unit “LSF Seeds and Plants” of the JSC “Latvian State Forests” have begun sowing spruce seedlings in the modern, heated Strenci nursery greenhouses. Read more... |
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Research on JSC “Latvian State Forests” has been done in which the company has been compared with several European state wood management companies:
RMK, Estonia
Metsahallitus, Finland
Coillte, Ireland
Sveaskog, Sweden
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Evaluation research of the suitability of Latvian pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) for the USAconstruction market has been completed. This research was financed by JSC "Latvijas Valsts Meži"and follows its corporate strategic plan one of the main goals being the increase in the competitiveness of the industry. Read more... |
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Zemgale’s stand, which featured, among others, the popular recreational area of Tervete Country Park of the JSC "Latvijas Valsts Meži”, has received wide public acclaim at the International Tourism Exhibition "Balttour 2006". Read more... |
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Tervete Nature Park has been granted the award from the State Agency of the Development of Tourism for the best new NATURE TOURISM product of the year 2005. Read more... |
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In order to solve the increasing garbage problem in forests, AS "Latvijas valsts meži" (LVM) nominates August to be the Clean Forest Month and launches a social campaign “Do Not Soil the Forests!” Read more... |
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In order to improve society’s understanding about the forest and processes happening there, AS “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) and the Foundation of Environmental Education on August 22 have signed a cooperation memorandum and this year within its framework LVM will start to implement a new environment education program “Learning about Forests” in schools of Latvia.
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SSC „”Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) has received an award of distinction from the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (ECL) for innovative entrepreneurship, finishing among the top three finalists for the ECL 2005 prize „”For innovation in entrepreneurship” competition. This appreciation has been received for the introduction and development of modern technologies in production of forest plants. Read more... |
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Only until this weekend guests of Tervete Nature Park will be met by the hostess of the Witches’ pine forest (Raganu sils) – Little Witch, who will share her life wisdom with them. Read more... |
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Large fishes are caught in the Gulbji Reservoir of Tērvete, which is managed by the company "Latvijas valsts meži". Thus on 15 May at 12.30 o'clock the fisherman Dagnis Balodis using a wobbler caught a 71 cm long and 12,1 kg heavy carp by the dam. Read more... |
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Together two pikes of 9 kg weight were caught with an angling rod in the Kaņieris Lake this month. On 4 May Sergejs Bondarenko managed to catch a pike of 9.15 kg weight, and on 15 May Ilmārs Barkovskis caught a pike weighing 9.0 kg. It is worth mentioning that Ilmārs, who is an enthusiastic fisherman, is also an eager supporter of nature protection; therefore after photographing his big catch he carefully let it back in the lake. Also in the previous year Ilmārs let a pike of 6 kg back in the lake. Who knows – maybe this was the same pike. Read more... |
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After opening the stable of the reconstructed Manor on 14 May, the Jaunmoku Castle complex turned into a conference centre, which offers together two rooms of 80 m2 and one room of 700 m2 for organising various events, as well as comfortable accommodations for up to 110 persons. Read more... |
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This year the pilot project of the environmental education “Learning about Forest” organized by Joint Stock Company “Latvijas Meži” (“Forests of Latvia”) in co-operation with the International Foundation for Environmental Education has come to a successful end. 25 schools of Latvia were invited to participate in 4 competitions within the framework of the pilot project, including the topics about forests in four school curriculum topics – Latvian language, practical job skills, visual art and nature studies. 
