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On Nature Day, LVM Reports on the Situation in the Forests Managed by LVM

4. aprīlī norisinājās septiņpadsmitā AS “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) organizētā “Dabas diena”, kuras ietvaros LVM eksperti ziņoja par 2017. gada meža apsaimniekošanas, vides monitoringa un attīstības projekta “Ainavu ekoloģiskās plānošanas principu ieviešana meža apsaimniekošanas plānošanā” rezultātiem.

LVM telpiskās plānošanas vadītājs Normunds Priede klātesošos iepazīstināja ar pērnā gada meža apsaimniekošanas rezultātiem. Runājot par atjaunoto meža platību, eksperts minēja, ka plānotais apjoms ticis nedaudz pārsniegts – sākotnējo 14,4 tūkstošu hektāru vietā atjaunoti 15,9 tūkstoši. Tas skaidrojams ar to, ka apmežots neliels daudzums nemeža zemes.

Vides eksperti ziņoja par dažādu augu un putnu sugu, kā arī biotopu stāvokli. Vides plānošanas speciālists Mārtiņš Kalniņš vēstīja par bezmugurkaulnieku atradnēm un to aizsardzību, īpaši uzsverot Latvijā reti sastopamo Ziemeļu upespērleni (Margaritifera margaritifera). Pērn šo gliemeņu apdzīvotajos upju posmos veikta bebru dambju brucināšana un koku sanesumu novēršana, tādā veidā padarot upes gultni retajai sugai piemērotu.

On 4 April, already for the seventeenth time, JSC "Latvia's State Forests" (LVM) held the "Nature Day" event, where LVM representatives informed the participants on the last year's results in forest management, environmental monitoring and development project "Implementation of Landscape Ecological Planning Principles in Forest Management Planning".

Normunds Priede, LVM Spatial Planning Manager, presented the last year's results in forest management. As concerns the restored forest area, the expert noted that the planned area was slightly exceeded – instead of the initially planned 14.4 thousand hectares, 15.9 thousand hectares of forest were restored. This can be explained by the fact that a small area of non-forest land was afforested.

Environmental experts reported on the condition of various species of plants and birds, as well as habitats. Mārtiņš Kalniņš, Environmental Planning Specialist, spoke about invertebrates and their protection, with a particular emphasis on the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), which is rare in Latvia. Last year, in the riverbeds inhabited by these mussels, beaver dikes were eradicated and trees were removed, thus making the river bed suitable for the rare species.

Development Project Manager Elmārs Pēterhofs presented the improved ecological planning methodology based on the landscape ecological planning approach. It will be used to complement the current LVM forest management planning guidelines.

"We have prepared an improved integrated forest management planning solution that takes into account the needs of both people and nature – plant, animal and bird species," says Aigars Dudelis, Head of LVM Forestry Planning.

The event brought together researchers and academicians who work or have worked on landscape ecological planning, thus making the debate more professional and productive.

Landscape ecological planning is a tool that integrates the use of natural resources with biological sustainability, taking into account natural processes and changes at different time and space scales.

Environmental monitoring is carried out every year, and it assesses the impact of forest management on specially protected and rare species of birds, plants, invertebrates, protected habitats. Analysing the data, the need for additional measures for the conservation of forest values is assessed.