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It is Prohibited to Drive in Quarries and Peat Extraction Areas

Employees of JSC "Latvia's State Forests" (LVM) regularly face problems caused by  uncoordinated actions of motorcyclists and quadricycles in mining sites - in quarries and marshes - that cause losses to the company and its partners.

Uncoordinated driving in mining sites damages mineral aggregates, mining equipment and violates fire safety requirements. It is particularly dangerous to use motorised vehicles in peat extraction areas during dry periods and during fire hazard periods, since losses can then reach enormous proportions and cause significant environmental hazards. Such uncoordinated actions also endanger safety and life of people around and the drivers themselves.

The company would like to remind that public events planned or organised by natural persons or legal entities must be harmonised so that the company, in balancing various economic, ecological and social interests as well as safety aspects, can ensure an overall assessment of the circumstances and make a decision as to granting or refusing the permit. It is forbidden to enter LVM mineral mining sites without consent!

LVM manages more than 100 quarries, which are located throughout the territory of Latvia. Quarry development sites are carefully selected in order not to endanger the environment, but at the same time meet the needs of the company and the national economy for sand, sand-gravel and other minerals.

Since its foundation in 1999, Joint Stock Company "Latvia’s State Forests" implementing sustainable forest management has paid one billion euros to state and local government budgets. LVM's economic activities are carried out by maintaining and recovering forests, taking care of nature conservation, recreation opportunities and increasing timber volumes, as well as investing in expanding the forest land and developing forest infrastructure - renovation of drainage systems and forest road construction. The volume of timber in the forests managed by LVM increases by 12 million cubic metres annually.