10 • 08 • 2016

Bird-watching race to take place in september

Latvian bird-watchers and bird-watchers from other countries are kindly invited to take part in the international bird-watching race “Latvia’s State Forests Bird Rally 2016”. The race will...

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05 • 08 • 2016

Together with our olympians!

Already on Saturday night, the Olympic flame will be lit in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, opening the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. JSC "Latvia's State Forests" (LVM) wishes endurance and...

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05 • 08 • 2016

Teachers draw inspiration for their classes

  While school students are off for their summer holidays, 50 the most active teachers are taking part in the annual Mother Nature (Mammadaba) camp organised within the framework of the LVM...

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02 • 08 • 2016

LVM Jaunaudze Award has been presented for the best debut in children's literature

Vivianna Maria Staņislavska has received Jānis Baltvilks Children's Literature and Book Arts Award for her illustrations of Ieva Samauska's poetry collection “Skaļā klase” [The Noisy Class]....

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01 • 08 • 2016

Summer nights captured in the new Mother Nature magazine

The new edition of the Mother Nature (Mammdaba) magazine "On a Summer Night" has been released right in the swirl of summer scents and different shades of green. This time it offers its readers the...

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28 • 07 • 2016

Pigman starts his tour around Latvia to remind people about the significance of wood in our lives

On 26 July, Pigman (Cūkmens) known by many for his loud slogan "Don't litter the forest! You'll turn into a pig!" started his Pigman's Wood-Enthusiast Workshop tour around Latvia with an opening...

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27 • 07 • 2016

Apples in oak-tree foliage

Taking a closer look at oak-tree trunks, the lucky will notice insects, which at first glance resemble ants which are creeping upwards the tree trunk. These animals are 3.5 - 6.3 mm long,...

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22 • 07 • 2016

Children are warmly invited to visit Pigman's wood-entshusiast workshop in jelgava

With presentation of a wooden manifest to Jelgava, the first Pigman's (Cūkmens) Wood-Enthusiast Workshop and a debate of knowledgeable and experienced experts, Pigman together with the host of the...

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20 • 07 • 2016

The first PEFC-certified apartment building has been built in Scandinavia

The first wooden apartment building with a PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certificate can be seen in the Seinäjoki Housing Fair taking place in July of this year. As...

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20 • 07 • 2016

LVM Kalsnava Arboretum takes part in a festival in Zaube

  Zaube Open-air Culinary Festival took place on 9 July, in Amata Municipality on the shore of Lake Augšezers and Lake Lejas ezers. LVM Kalsnava Arboretum took part in the festival offering...

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08 • 07 • 2016

Top 6 holiday destinations

Mid-summer is the right time for peaceful relaxation in nature, enjoying forest fruit and the unique forest silence. Or one can also explore new places, take part in the play of nature and music,...

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