Soil and biomass chemical composition and analysis.

Active projects

Agricultural land management planning for use in agriculture, forestry or agroforestry, based on agro-technological, economic, environmental and climate risk data
Piloting technological solutions for a sustainable and low emission bio-economy model for utilising biomass from grasslands (LIFE UpcyclingGrass)
Peatland restoration for greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration in the Baltic Sea region (LIFE PeatCarbon)
Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health: setting a framework for the inclusion of soil health in business and in the policy making (InBestSoil)
Development of proposals to improve national forest monitoring, including forest biodiversity monitoring and level II air pollution impact monitoring components, as well as consultative scientific support for the preparation of Latvia's positions on Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests (2026)
The impact of ash fertilizer on forest ecosystem parameters
Socio-economic assessment of actions to be implemented to achieve 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 in forest management (2026)
Forest fertilization impact monitoring
Wetland restoration for the future (ALFAwetlands)
All research

Employees

Aldis Butlers
Andis Lazdiņš
Edgars Muižnieks
Dana Purviņa
Sandra Šalkovska
Ilona Skranda
Jeļena Stola

Latest publications

Butlers A., Bārdule A., Lazdiņš A. 2026. Baltic Forestry, 32(2), 865
Predicted changes in soil organic carbon stocks following afforestation of agricultural mineral soils in hemiboreal Latvia using Yasso20 model
DOI: 10.46490/BF865
Kamil-Sardar M., Laiho R., Jauhiainen J., Butlers A., Schindler T., Vahter H., Čiuldienė D., Vigricas E., Teemusk A., Kull A., Lazdiņš A., Haberl A., Bārdule A., Līcīte I., Samariks V., Mander Ü., Armolaitis K., Soosaar K. 2026. Plant and Soil, 526, 1551-1573
Impact of drainage on soil CH4 and N2O fluxes in nutrient-rich hemiboreal peatland forests of Europe
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08920-x
Meļņiks R.N., Bārdule A., Prysiazhniuk O., Maliarenko O., Jansone I., Zute S., Butlers A., Lazdiņš A. 2026. Plant, Soil and Environment, 72(3), 194-209
Greenhouse gas emissions from alluvial soils in grassland and cropland in northern part of Europe’s temperate climate zone (Latvia)
DOI: 10.17221/323/2025-PSE
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