Forestry of Latvia

Intermediate Goal

The research aims to promote the sustainable use of primary and secondary forests and forest plantations and the adoption of appropriate forest management practices that allow competitive and sustainable production of goods and services. The geographical focus of the activities are: Bolivia, Brazil, China, Congo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, and Vietnam.

Geographic Focus: Bolivia, Brazil, China, Congo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, and Vietnam.

Sub-Themes & Objectives

1. Best practices for forest and plantation management

The research aims to promote best practices and locally adapted strategies and frameworks for managing forests so the operations will be competitive and produce timber and other goods and services sustainably.

Major Projects:

A. Natural forest management studies

Studies on the adoption of sustainable forest management will be continued in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and expanded to cover other Latin American countries. In the future, the sub-theme will give more emphasis to smallholder and community forestry and focus on how to optimize the outputs of the forest management systems to achieve results that satisfy smallholders.

B. Research on plantations

The main activities of this project are related to improving partnerships for local development and improved forest sustainability (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines). This project will develop approaches and tools that help private companies and governments manage forest resources over the long term in partnership with communities and other stakeholders. In the future, best practices and technical