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Forest Statistics in LATVIA 201 3 LATVIA

Forest Statistics in LATVIA 201 3 LATVIA. Liga Struve Ministry of Agriculture Forest department Forest sector strategy and support division www.zm.gov.lv Liga.Struve@zm.gov.lv. Forest Statistics in LATVIA. Main institutions related to forest statistics

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Forest Statistics in LATVIA 201 3 LATVIA

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  1. Forest Statistics in LATVIA 2013LATVIA Liga Struve Ministry of Agriculture Forest department Forest sector strategy and support division www.zm.gov.lv Liga.Struve@zm.gov.lv

  2. Forest Statistics in LATVIA • Main institutions related to forest statistics • Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (www.csb.gov.lv) • Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava“ (www.silava.lv) • State Forest Service (www.vmd.gov.lv) • State Stock Company “Latvia’s State Forests” (www.lvm.lv) • Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute (www.e-koks.lv) • Latvian Forest Industry Federation (www.latvianwood.lv) • Ministry of Agriculture (www.zm.gov.lv) 2013

  3. Forest Statistics in LATVIA Publications Existing publication: Ministry of Agriculture www.zm.gov.lv - Forest Sector in Latvia (annual) Planned publication: LSFRI “Silava” - NFI statistics (every five years) 2013

  4. Forest Statistics in LATVIA Forest Sector Assessment • As a result of 2 years hard discussions amendments of Forest law were agreed and regulation on national criteria and indicators on evaluation of sustainable forest management were accepted. • Evaluation of sustainable forest management should be done every five years. Existing: Forest Sector Assessment 1990-2010 (Latvian) Planned on 2014: Forest Sector Assessment 2011-2014 (Latvian, English) 2013

  5. Forest Statistics in LATVIA New projects • The modernization of State Forest Service geographical information system is ongoing. The main aim is to improve system functionality and comparability to other state systems. • New research project on Forest decision support system is ongoing. Project is developed by Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava“ in collaboration with University of Agriculture. The decision support programme “MESTRA” should be ready at the beginning of next year. 2013

  6. Forest Statistics in LATVIA Data processing and reporting • International reports – FRA, JFSQ, IEEAF, MCPFE, TQ are prepared by Ministry of Agriculture • Data are processed mainly using MS Access and SQL. • 2 employees in Ministry of Agriculture are involved in data processing and reporting. • Data providers and advisers are Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia, Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, State Forest Service, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute, Latvian Forest Industry Federation and Forest sector associations 2013

  7. Forest Statistics in LATVIA Main challenges for next years • Continue to prepare international reports (JFSQ, IEEAF, FRA, MCPFE, TQ) on time • Provide data for Forest Sector Assessment 2011-2014 • Update database procedures according to changes in international reports • Create new procedures to improve data processing performance • Improve statistics on fuel wood – make proposals for next household survey • Improve data quality 2013

  8. Forest Statistics in LATVIA Thank you for your attention! Liga Struve LATVIA Ministry of Agriculture www.zm.gov.lv Liga.Struve@zm.gov.lv

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