The seminars took place across five LatViaNature demonstration sites for sustainable forest management. During these events, forest owners shared their experience, practical methods, and management solutions on how to manage forests while preserving and enhancing biodiversity.
In the demonstration areas, forest owners deliberately retain and introduce deadwood, which is an important resource in forest ecosystems—not only for saproxylic insects, but also for birds, fungi, and many other organisms. Deadwood contributes to habitat diversity, ecosystem resilience, and natural balance.
In most of the demonstration sites, selective logging is the dominant forestry approach, while one site represents clear-cut forestry carried out with significant deviations from standard practice. In this area, a higher number of habitat trees have been preserved, along with diverse forest structures, undergrowth, and shrub layers, as well as an increased volume of deadwood. This approach helps mitigate the environmental impact of clear-cutting and supports biodiversity conservation.
In 2025, a total of 246 participants attended the seminars, including forest owners, students from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies and Daugavpils University, as well as representatives from Ingka Investments Management, the State Forest Service, and other interested stakeholders. The seminar series fostered knowledge exchange and discussions on sustainable forest management in Latvia.
