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FORWARDS – The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests

ForestBand – Climate smart solutions for enhanced biodiversity through increased presence of broadleaved trees in landscape

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

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

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

Effect of climate change on forestry and associated risks

Research to support the seed production of forest tree species

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

The role of old-growth forests in mitigating climate change: Information for Latvian and European Union forest and related sector policy makers (2023)

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

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

Assessment of the impact of juvenile structure on tree damage for more efficient management of deer populations in commercial forests

ERA-NET ForestValue study "Assess4EST – Seeing trees and forests for the future: assessment of trade-offs and potentials to breed and manage forests to meet sustainability goals"

Decision support tool for increased forest productivity via efficient climate adjusted transfer of genetic gain

Development of a decision support tool integrating information from old-growth semi-natural forest for more comprehensive estimates of carbon balance

The role of old-growth forests in mitigating climate change: Information for Latvian and European Union forest and related sector policy makers (2022)

Upmalu mežu ekosistēmu pakalpojumu novērtēšana

Birch and aspen stand management decision support tool for reduction of wind damages

Technology for efficient transfer of genetic gain in plant production and forestry

New biological agents and means of their application for protection of conifer saplings against damage by cervids and dendrophagous insects

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

Forest management risks: prognosis and minimization

Reduction of wind storm damage risk in private forest management

Plasticity of development and xylogenesis of the native and introduced tree species under changing climate

Measures to increase resilience of Norway spruce forests against impact of climatic changes

Development of decision support tool forprognosis of storm damages in forest stands onpeat soils

Methods for efficient practical application tree breeding results and adaptation tests for deciduous trees

Management potential of even-aged spruce stands in fertile forest ecosystems

REFORM – Mixed species forest management. Lowering risk, increasins resilience

Adaptive capacity of forest trees and possibilities to improve it

Adapting forest management to climate changes

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

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

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

Importance of genetic factors on formation of forest stands with high adaptability andqualitative wood properties

FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change

Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project

Potential for maintaining and improving the productivity, resistance, and genetic diversity of conifers under global climatic changes

The course of growth and structuring of purposefully established forest stands

Potential of the Latvian forestry to react to expected climate changes in Europe and increase the value of wood as the raw material for industry

Research on increasing the forest productivity, quality, and genetic diversity

Tree breeding research for major commercially valuable tree species for regenerating highly productive and genetically diverse stands

Thirty-year program of the JSC "Latvia's State Forests" for the breeding of commercially valuable tree species (Scots pine, Norway spruce, common birch) and aspen