“Climate Change Mitigation in Organic Soils in Agricultural and Forest Lands”

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Conference recordings and presentations:

Opening remarks of the conference “Climate Change Mitigation in Organic Soils in Agricultural and Forest lands”, Ieva Līcīte, LIFE OrgBalt Project Manager, Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”:

Organic soils within the EU regulatory frameworks and climate related policies: current status and scientific challenges Emanuele Lugato, European Commission – Joint Research Center:

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LIFE OrgBalt project results for developing coherent climate and environment policy for the land use sector Dace Arāja, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia:

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Distribution of peatlands and organic soils in the Baltic Sea region Andreas Haberl, Michael Succow Foundation/Greifswald Mire Centre:

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Overview of used joint field methodology Jyrki Jauhiainen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE):

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Emission factors of CO2 in forest and agriculture lands Aldis Butlers, Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava:

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Soil CH4 and N2O balance from forest and agriculture lands Kaido Soosaar, Tartu University:

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Scenarios for reduction of GHG emissions from nutrients-rich organic soils Andis Lazdiņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava

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Projections of GHG emissions from different land uses Vaiva Kazanavičiūtė, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry:

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Evaluation of the impact of GHG emission reduction measures and their socioeconomic implications Aleksejs Nipers, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies:

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Panel discussion: Opportunities and challenges for the implementation of climate change mitigation measures

Kristīne Sirmā, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia

Johanna Vanhatalo, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland

Kristina Simonaitytė, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

Arnis Muižnieks, Latvian Forest Owners’ Association

Mārtiņš Trons, Farmers’ Parliament, Latvia

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