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BIOservicES – Linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in different land uses: from the identification of drivers, pressures and climate change resilience to their economic valuation

LIFE GoodWater IP – Implementation of River Basin Management Plans of Latvia towards good surface water status

FORWARDS – The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests

InBestSoil – Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health: setting a framework for the inclusion of soil health in business and in the policy making

Implementation of the operation and development strategy of LSFRI "Silava"

ALFAwetlands – Wetland restoration for the future

Brown bear monitoring 2023–2025

Forest tree breeding research for the creation of genetically high-quality sources of forest reproductive material

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

Reducing the risks of root rot damage and the study of its effects

The impact of forest management on forest and related ecosystem services

Study of the future phytopathological risks

Impact of climate change on forestry and its risks

Research to support the seed production of forest tree species

Technologies of the forest management process for increasing efficiency

Development of algorithms for forestry planning

Growth trends of individual trees and their groups interaction monitoring and evaluation

Carbon turnover in forest ecosystem

RuralBioUp – Empowering EU Rural Regions to scale-Up and adopt small-scale Bio-based solutions: the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular bioeconomy

Implementation of the full life cycle for the innovative use of forest resources in the bio-economy

Full-cycle processing of coniferous green biomass for the extraction of high-value raw materials for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry

Development and testing of a natural and human-friendly repellent for the protection of coniferous seedlings against damages caused by dendrophagous insects

Measures to reduce CO2 sequestration and GHG emissions in forest management and impact assessment system

Cord-forming basidiomycetes: possibilities of their use for the limiting root rot in spruce forests on peat soils

Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from surface of tree stems in deciduous forests with drained and wet soils

Obtaining internationally comparable parameters for the status assessment of the Eurasian lynx population in Latvia

E2SOILAGRI – Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture

Development of tehnology for beech planting stock production

SUCC – Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate

National forest inventory

Bryophyte and lichen successional and spatial patterns in deciduous forests (molecular genetic analyses)

Improvement of silviculture practices in birch

Identification, characterization and conservation of Latvian in situ plant genetic resources (2023)

Forest Risk – Remote sensing based system for forest risk factor monitoring

Climate change mitigation potential of trees in shelter belts of drainage ditches in cropland and grassland

Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential in cropland and grassland with organic soils

Tool for assessment of carbon turnover and greenhouse gas fluxes in broadleaved tree stands with consideration of internal stem decay

LUA's transition to the new doctoral funding model

LandLat4Pol – Sustainable management of land resources and landscapes: assessment of challenges, methodological solutions and proposals

Biological control of Heterobasidion root rot using Latvian fungal strains

Support to the LSFRI "Silava" for international collaboration projects in research and innovation

Strengthening the capacity of the doctoral program of the University of Latvia in the framework of the new doctoral program model

Elaboration of innovative White willow – perennial grass agroforestry systems on marginal mineral soils improved by wood ash and less demanded peat fractions amendments

Integration of climate change policy in sectorial and regional policies