12 • 09 • 2013

First forestry service providers receive certificates

To improve service quality, raise knowledge among service providers and increase competitiveness, the first cooperation partners of JSC Latvia’s State Forests (LVM) have completed the final test at...

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06 • 09 • 2013

We invite schools to apply for 2013/2014 Mammadaba Master Classes

JSC Latvia’s State Forests, for the seventh year, invites schools to bring studies and nature closer together by participating in the joyful Mammadaba Master Classes and the healthful Forest...

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05 • 09 • 2013

August’s Big Fish

The competition for the largest fish caught in lakes managed by JSC Latvia’s State Forests continues. Not long until summarising of the results for the entire year. Nevertheless, a 8.040 kilogram...

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05 • 09 • 2013

New school year begins with opening of Mammadaba embassies

For the fifth consecutive year, JSC Latvia’s State Forests (LVM) grants the title of Mammadaba embassies to Latvia’s “greenest” schools. Seventh-graders and teachers who were the most active...

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05 • 09 • 2013

New cooperation programme for providers of forestry services

After analysing the company’s opportunities and collating cooperation partners’ opinions and proposals, JSC Latvia’s State Forests has developed a programme for improving cooperation with...

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04 • 09 • 2013

Let’s allow cranberries to ripen!

All berry pickers confirm that the abundance of lingonberries is particularly great this year. Such a harvest has not been observed for at least five years, and there are still plenty of lingonberries...

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22 • 08 • 2013

Happy families and single mothers in forests

Female mammals have well-developed instincts of nurturing their young. Without any previous experience, every mother knows how to clean, feed, teach and take care of her children from the moment of...

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16 • 08 • 2013

Mammadaba Embassy to open doors during Riga City Festival

Mammadaba Embassy, in the creative information space “Esplanāde 2014”, will be open to all enthusiasts August 16-18, offering one to learn more about various recreational opportunities in...

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14 • 08 • 2013

88% disapprove of littering in forests; 18% mention wearing socks with sandals

Even though 18 percent of Latvian residents believe that wearing socks with sandals is absolutely unacceptable and 80 percent condemn public urination, littering in forests and along roadsides is...

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12 • 08 • 2013

Baby Animals Growing Up in Thickets, Caves and Dens

Mammals, whose offspring are helpless at birth, build dens before giving birth. Raccoon dogs are true cave dwellers – they build their maternity dens and nurseries underground. Female raccoon dogs...

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06 • 08 • 2013

Cross-leaved heath blooms in LVM forests

This summer, environmental experts Uvis Suško and Rūta Sniedze-Kretalova discovered several distribution spots of cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) in forests managed by JSC Latvia’s State...

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