Our network member Wald und Holz NRW hosted an international exchange visit in September 2024, where forestry professionals from Latvia visited North Rhine-Westphalia. The exchange focused on addressing challenges such as climate change and forest calamities, promoting sustainable forestry practices, and exchanging knowledge on birch management, reforestation of spruce-damaged areas, and modern training methods like…
During the May 2024 meeting, the FOREXT members discussed the network’s strategy and objectives, as well as plans for future activities. Also, to learn from each other, the members presented a selection of their best cases, tools, and research results. Some of the highlights of the meeting were a visit to SLU – Swedish University…
In April 2024, welcome Justas Mingaila from the Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service. He is currently working at LAAS as Specialist of Innovation Support. He is also a forestry scientist who worked on the topic of non-timber forest products, especially birch sap. He owns a small seasonal sap business, annually providing raw sap to a processing…