Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" in cooperation with Energo Rīga Serviss Ltd., Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry and Niedrāji MR Ltd. are implementing the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development n the Latvian Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 activity 16.2 "Support for the development of new products, methods, processes and technologies" co-financed by project No. 19-00-A01620-000052 "New biological agents and means of their application for protection of conifer saplings against damage by cervids and dendrophagous insects".

The project aims to develop a new biological tree protection product and its application method for protecting conifer saplings against damage by cervids and dendrophagous insects.