Silava - Active projects

Active projects

Climate change mitigation potential of trees in shelter belts of drainage ditches in cropland and grassland
Tool for assessment of carbon turnover and greenhouse gas fluxes in broadleaved tree stands with consideration of internal stem decay
Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential in cropland and grassland with organic soils
Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands
Integration of climate change policy in sectorial and regional policies
Support to the LSFRI Silava for international collaboration projects in research and innovation
Remote sensing based system for forest risk factor monitoring (Forest Risk)
Development of biological preparation for reducing root and butt rot caused losses in conifer stands
Improvement of silviculture practices in birch
Carbon turnover in forest ecosystem
Early pathogenesis - specific transcriptome of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum
Development of molecular markers for assessment of juvenility during micropropagation of Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)
Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from surface of tree stems in deciduous forests with drained and wet soils
Investigation of regulatory regions of Scots pine disease resistance genes
Wild cherry (Cerasus avium Moench. syn. Prunus avium L.) propagation technology development and selection of perspective clones for the establishment of productive roundwood plantations under the climatic conditions of Latvia
Sub-population dynamics of grey wolf Canis lupus and Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Latvia and identification of depredation risk on livestock
Economic and environmental assessment of biomass production in buffer zones around drainage systems and territories surrounding the protective belts of natural water streams
Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate (SUCC)
Implementation of River Basin Management Plans of Latvia towards good surface water status (LIFE GoodWater IP)
Silvicultural practices for establishment and management of poplar plantation for sustainable land use
Development of greenhouse gas emission factors and decision support tools for management of peatlands after peat extraction
Development of a new food smoking technology to reduce concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzpyrene) in smoked meat products – "Blue smoke"
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
Development of specially adapted LED luminaires for efficient and energy-efficient tree propagation and rootstock process
Demonstration of climate change mitigation measures in nutrients rich drained organic soils in Baltic States and Finland (LIFE OrgBalt)
Otter Survey of Latvia and Natura 2000 Sites 2020–2023
Elaboration of innovative White Willow – perennial grass agroforestry systems on marginal mineral soils improved by wood ash and less demanded peat fractions amendments
Evaluation of climate change mitigation potential of agroforestry systems with mineral and organic soils
Elaboration of land use, climate and soil properties based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission factors for drainage ditches in grassland, cropland and forest land
Reducing uncertainty in the calculation of forest stand biomass and carbon stock in Latvia
Development of chemical preparation for reducing Heterobasidion spp. root rot caused losses in Norway spruce stands on peat soils
Modelling tools for determination of effect of groundwater level and other environmental parameters on greenhouse gas emissions from stem surfaces
Bryophyte and lichen successional and spatial patterns in deciduous forests (molecular genetic analyses)
Biological control of Heterobasidion root rot using Latvian fungal strains
Brown bear monitoring 2020–2022
Pilot study on the use of non-invasive DNA samples for monitoring the status of the lynx population
Climate policy adapted solutions for extracted peatlands and paludiculture implementation
Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture (E2SOILAGRI)
Technology for early diagnostics of genetically determined variation of resilience-related trait for Norway spruce
Identification, characterization and conservation of Latvian in situ plant genetic resources