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LIFE PeatCarbon – Peatland restoration for greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration in the Baltic Sea region

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"

Forest fertilization impact monitoring

ALFAwetlands – Wetland restoration for the future

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

Evaluation of Moipu 300 F2 felling head in pre-commercial, commercial and regenerative felling in conifer stand

Technologies of the forest management process for increasing efficiency

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

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

Innovative organic fertilizer containing microorganisms

Development of a carbon forestry planning program prototype and datasets for calculation activities

National forest inventory

Improvement of the accounting system of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake due to the management of arable land and perennial grasslands, and development of appropriate methodological solutions

Socio-economic assessment of actions to be implemented to achieve climate change mitigation goals of the Latvian Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promoting carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in forest management

SUCC – Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate

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

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

Development of guidelines for the accounting of harvested wood products in the European Union regulation of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector and for the calculation of emissions

Actions to be implemented in order to achieve the climate change mitigation goals of the Latvian Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promoting carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration

Integration of climate change policy in sectorial and regional policies

Development of greenhouse gas emission factors and decision support tools for management of peatlands after peat extraction

Economic and environmental assessment of biomass production in buffer zones around drainage systems and territories surrounding the protective belts of natural water streams

Development of equations for calculating GHG emissions generated in the process of energy wood production, storage and delivery

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2022)

Evaluation of the most appropriate forestry development scenario for Latvia in the revision of the possible European-level land use, land use change and forestry sector greenhouse gas emission and capture accounting regulation

Modelling tools for determination of effect of groundwater level and other environmental parameters on greenhouse gas emissions from stem surfaces

Elaboration of guidelines and modelling tool for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in forests on nutrient-rich organic soils

Evaluation of impact of land use soil and climate factors on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission for drainage ditches

Research program on improvement of forest growth conditions, 2016–2021

Development of harvester prototype for harvesting and biofuel production in short rotation coppice

Interaction of microbial diversity with methane turnover and mercury methylation in organic soils

Alternative harvesting solutions for non-conventional felling types

CAR-ES III – Centre of Advanced Research on Environmental Services from Nordic Forest Ecosystems

Assessment of greenhouse gas emission and CO2 sequestration in old forest stands

Research program on mechanization of forest operations and forest bioenergy

Forest regeneration, establishment, tending and thinning programme

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2020)

Development and evaluation of biomass models for assessment of carbon stocks in grey alder and common alder forests in Latvia

INVENT – Improving National forest inventory-based carbon stock change estimates for greenhouse gas inVENTories

Baltic ForBio – Accelerating production of forest bioenergy in the Baltic Sea Region

Commercial thinning as a tool for the increase of the productivity and quality of silver birch plantations

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2019)

GURINIMAS – Integrated Nitrogen Management System for the Gulf of Riga

REstore – Sustainable and responsible management and re-use of degraded peatlands in Latvia

National Percussive Gas Inventory Report

OnTrack – Innovative solutions for increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impacts of future wood supply

CAR-ES – Centre of advanced research on environmental services from Nordic forest ecosystems

OSCAR2 – Operation systems centre of advanced research (2nd phase)

Support for the development of the scientific capacity and promotion of international competitiveness of LSFRI "Silava"

Developing technological and engineering aspects for the utilization of wood ashes as fertilizer in forest cultivation

Developing the methods of plantation cultivation of fast-growing forest crops and evaluating the suitability of their wood for pelletizing

Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital

Evaluation of impact of forest management practices on greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 removals

Leaching of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from forest land in the Nordic and Baltic countries

Elaboration of models for establishment and management of multifunctional plantations of short rotation energy crops and deciduous trees

Methods for establishing and managing birchwood plantations

Developing and testing a multifunctional prototype machine for stubbing and mounding on cutovers

Support to international cooperation, recognition and competitiveness of LSFRI Silava

BalBiC – The Development of the Bioenergy and Industrial Charcoal (Biocoal) Production

FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change

Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project

Investigating the causes for large-scale die-back of spruce stands in the forests managed by the JSC "Latvia's State Forests"

FutMon – Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System

Calculation of the sink of SEG and CO2 in the ZIZIMM sector for 2009 for meeting the commitments of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

Developing a research program for evaluating the impact of forest management on the balance of hothouse gases

Developing a matrix for changes in forest land use for incorporation in the national report on the inventory of hothouse gases following Section 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol

Meeting the international commitments of the state for the project "Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System" (FutMon)

Silvicultural and economic criteria and the actions promoting the use of mechanized seeding and planting technologies in forest regeneration

Accumulation of mineral nutrients and carbon in the above-ground parts and roots of trees in the young stands of natural and artificial origin

The technologies for cultivating deciduous in forest and non-forest lands to meet the demand for forest raw materials

Meeting the international commitments of the state in performing the 2009 Forest Monitoring Programme

Stump utilization for energy wood and plantation cultivation of energy crops – technologies and job engineering

Criteria and method for assessing the volume of energy wood and mechanized tending of the farmlands naturally overgrowing by forest

Establishing sample plots for evaluating the effect of reproductive material on the growth of common birch and hybrid aspen in farmlands

Silvicultural evaluation of mechanized container stock planting technologies

Analysis of potential forest regeneration methods in the sites stubbed out for energy wood

Implementation of the tasks of the National Forest monitoring program for 2008

Effect of different doses of organic fertilizers and ash on energy crops (Salix sp. and Phalaris arudinacea) cultivated in acid peaty soils

Method for assessing the yield of energy wood from the tending of forest infrastructure objects

Developing criteria for efficient management of farmlands naturally overgrowing by forest

Research on the productivity and quality of mechanized technologies for restocking cutovers by the container planting stock

Inventory of forest soils and evaluating biodiversity within the international project "BioSoil"