13 • 06 • 2016
Welcome to the Sixth Peony Festival
On 19 June LVM Kalsnava Arboretum invites visitors to celebrate the sixth Peony Festival, also known as the colourful Peony Ball. All day long guests will be able to see more than 200 varieties of...
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09 • 06 • 2016
School students create business fairy tales about the use of timber resources
For the second year, JSC "Latvia's State Forests" (LVM) invites school students to look at the forest through the eyes of an entrepreneur to appreciate forests not only as a source of ...
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07 • 06 • 2016
Viper - the only venomous snake in Latvia
Every year nature friends are reminded to be careful when in the forest and be aware of snakes, especially during the mushroom- and berry-picking season. Please follow the instructions for how to...
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03 • 06 • 2016
Dry weather increases forest fire risk
Despite the fact that spring this year first seemed to be chilly and rainy, it turned out dry and hot. It’s been more than four months since the first registered forest fire. This year 89 forest...
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30 • 05 • 2016
A special day in Riga centre of Psychiatry and Adiction Medicine
In spring, a number of Forest Days events take place in different places of Latvia, inviting anyone interested to head to the forest, to explore it, take care of it, and do some clean-up works....
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27 • 05 • 2016
The most faraway signpost showing the distance to Latvia has been set up
To make the name of Latvia known in far away, distant countries, three young people headed for the expedition "The Longest Road to the Most Faraway Place" to visit the populated place, which is...
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27 • 05 • 2016
Spring season reforestation works are coming to an end
The reforestation works to be carried out in the spring season in the areas managed by JSC "Latvia's State Forests" (LVM) are now almost completed by planting more than 20 million high-quality tree...
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24 • 05 • 2016
Foundation "Nāc līdzās!" volunteers explore the Forest
Every year, members and supporters of Charity Foundation "Nāc līdzās!" (Come Along!) again and again come together to draw inspiration in forest - the forest allures and heals, empowers and...
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23 • 05 • 2016
Baltic Professional Logging competition has ended
The 52nd Baltic professional games for students of vocational education institutions of the forestry sector took place in Ogre, on 11 and 12 May. Tree felling disciplines, a forest relay, work with...
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20 • 05 • 2016
Past winter's drought leads to shortage of animal feed
In many places in the Latvian forests there is shortage in feed for nesting birds caused by the last winter's small amount of rainfall and the prevailing bare frost. Uģis Bergmanis, JSC "Latvia's...
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19 • 05 • 2016
Joy, knowledge and satisfaction – the finish of Mammadaba Masterclass
In the beautiful madness of spring flowers Mammadaba Masterclass (Mother Nature masterclass) ended with a symbolic graduation ceremony. With enduring joy and enthusiasm the teachers during the...
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