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

HprForMan – Development of forest management decision support and reporting tools based on harvester production data

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

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

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

E2SOILAGRI – Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture

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

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

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2023)

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

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

Climate policy adapted solutions for extracted peatlands and paludiculture implementation

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

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

BE-Rural – Bio-based strategies and roadmaps for enhanced rural and regional development in the EU

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

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

Alternative harvesting solutions for non-conventional felling types

Development of a multi-functional mounding device for forest restoration in stands with fertile and humid soils

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

Research program on mechanization of forest operations and forest bioenergy

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

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

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

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

Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital

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

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

Analysing the efficiency and prime costs of tending and agrotechical treatment of young stands

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