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Forest4LV – Innovation in Forest Management and Value Chain for Latvia's Growth: New Forest Services, Products and Technologies

Working methods and technologies for restoration, planting, care and protection of forest stands

Emerald ash borer: risk-based strategies to prepare for pest management and biological control

National forest inventory

Risk assessment of bark beetle outbreaks in Lubāna forest district and burnt forests in Stikli bog as well as forecast of Acantholyda posticalis outbreak development

Monitoring of the great web-spinning pine-sawfly and recommendations to mitigate the effects of its impact to pine stands

Investigations on issues of establishment of birch plantations and production of birch planting stock

Effectiveness test of insecticide Magtoxin to control insects under timber bark

Setting up a research team for studying interaction between nanoparticles and biological objects

Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital

Developing novel biological preparations to control the tree root rot caused by Heterobasidion spp.

Keeping up and enhancing the resistance, genetic diversity, and propagation ability of coniferous against the background of global climate change

Approbation of mechanical protection methods of (mix of glue and sand and cardboard containers) against the large pine weevil and a comparison with the conventional methods of protecting the nursery stock against pests

Identifying the region of multiplication of nun moth Lymantria monacha, conducting monitoring, and developing methods for keeping potential damage under control

Impact of climatic changes on the development tendencies with forest pests

Monitoring of forest pests and the development of biodiversity components

Impact of defoliation on needle-gnawing pests