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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)

The impact of ash fertilizer on forest ecosystem parameters

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)

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)

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 (2025)

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 (2025)

Improvement of the accounting system of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake due to the management of arable land and perennial grasslands, and development of appropriate methodological solutions (2025)

Measures to reduce CO2 sequestration and GHG emissions in forest management and impact assessment system

Innovative organic fertilizer containing microorganisms

Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from surface of tree stems in deciduous forests with drained and wet soils

Development of proposals for the improvement of national forest monitoring, including forest biodiversity monitoring and second-level air pollution impact monitoring components, as well as consultative scientific support for the preparation of Latvia's positions on the European Parliament and Council regulation on the monitoring framework promoting the sustainability of European forests

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 (2024)

Improvement of the accounting system of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake due to the management of arable land and perennial grasslands, and development of appropriate methodological solutions

Demonstration of climate change mitigation measures in nutrients rich drained organic soils in Baltic States and Finland (LIFE OrgBalt)

Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture (E2SOILAGRI)

Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate (SUCC)

Evaluation of factors affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential in cropland and grassland with organic soils

Climate change mitigation potential of trees in shelter belts of drainage ditches in cropland and grassland

Actions to be implemented in order to achieve the 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

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2023)

Integration of climate change policy in sectorial and regional policies

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2022)

Evaluation of the most appropriate forestry development scenario for Latvia in the revision of the possible European-level land use, land use change and forestry sector greenhouse gas emission and capture accounting regulation

Modelling tools for determination of effect of groundwater level and other environmental parameters on greenhouse gas emissions from stem surfaces

Elaboration of guidelines and modelling tool for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in forests on nutrient-rich organic soils

Evaluation carbon input with above- and below-ground litter in forests on drained and naturally wet organic soils

Improvement of soil properties by the use of biological materials

Research program on improvement of forest growth conditions, 2016–2021

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2020)

Improving National forest inventory-based carbon stock change estimates for greenhouse gas inVENTories (INVENT)

Improvement of accounting system and methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and CO2 removals from croplands and grasslands (2019)

Integrated Nitrogen Management System for the Gulf of Riga (GURINIMAS)

Sustainable and responsible management and re-use of degraded peatlands in Latvia (REstore)

National Percussive Gas Inventory Report

Centre of advanced research on environmental services from Nordic forest ecosystems (CAR-ES)

Evaluation of impact of forest management practices on greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 removals

CleanTech Latvia

Leaching of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from forest land in the Nordic and Baltic countries

Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project (Bioenergy Promotion)

Investigating the causes for large-scale die-back of spruce stands in the forests managed by the JSC "Latvia's State Forests"

Calculation of the sink of SEG and CO2 in the ZIZIMM sector for 2009 for meeting the commitments of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

Developing a research program for evaluating the impact of forest management on the balance of hothouse gases

Developing a matrix for changes in forest land use for incorporation in the national report on the inventory of hothouse gases following Section 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol

Meeting the international commitments of the state for the project "Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System" (FutMon)

Meeting the international commitments of the state in performing the 2009 Forest Monitoring Programme

Implementation of the tasks of the National Forest monitoring program for 2008

Effect of different doses of organic fertilizers and ash on energy crops (Salix sp. and Phalaris arudinacea) cultivated in acid peaty soils

Inventory of forest soils and evaluating biodiversity within the international project "BioSoil"

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