Concluded the Conference on urban forestry and arboriculture of the Baltic region "Tree Conference Riga 2023"

Concluded urban forestry and arboriculture conference of the Baltic region Tree Conference Riga 2023, organized by LSFRI "Silava", SC "Latvia’s State Forests" and Society of Arboriculture of Latvia, took place in Riga on June 1–2.

Specialists from England, Czech Republic, Netherland and Norway, as well as scientists from Latvia, from LSFRI "Silava" attended the Conference. Scientists of LSFRI "Silava" presented the reports:

• Āris Jansons: Future of intensive forestry: aesthetics and biodiversity in urban forests; Fire hazard in urban forests;
• Endijs Bāders: Identification of tree stress by remote sensing techniques;
• Kārlis Bičkovskis: Living with beavers in urban areas;
• Oskars Krišāns: Tree mechanical stability under wind loading; Tree susceptibility to wind damage: results of static tree-pulling tests in Latvia;
• Roberts Čakšs: Urban Forestry;
• Valters Samariks: Climate change and carbon in urban forests;
• Zane Lībiete: Forest-ecosystem services-based management.

  Valdis Muižnieks