Photos by Jānis Ukass.
On 22 January, the new edition of the Latvian Red data book was officially launched at the University of Latvia. It represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific compilation of rare, threatened, and extinct species in Latvia produced in recent decades. The publication provides the public, policy-makers, and nature conservation professionals with an authoritative overview of the conservation status of these species in Latvia and supports efforts to ensure their long-term protection. Read more here.
Photos: Jānis Ukass
On 4th of December, Latvian LIFE projects were honoured at the “LIFE Award 2025” ceremony organised by the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development. The University of Latvia’s LIFE FOR SPECIES project received the award in the category “Most Significant LIFE Contribution to Environmental Protection”.
Photos by Kristaps Lapiks
On 26th of July 2025, the Meadow Festival, organised by the Latvian Fund for Nature, took place in Dreiliņkalns. This full-day event was dedicated to semi-natural grasslands and nature-friendly practices.
Throughout the day, the LIFE FOR SPECIES project team informed festival participants about the upcoming Latvian Red Data Book and protected species, and also organised a quiz and an activity corner for the youngest visitors.
Photos by Kaspars Teilāns
Photos by LIFE FOR SPECIES project team
Last week, the international conference of the LIFE FOR SPECIES project, “Safeguarding Biodiversity: Red Lists and Beyond”, was successfully concluded. The event brought together more than 140 participants from 14 countries, including the Philippines, Nepal and the United States.
Photos by Jānis Ukass
We are happy to announce that 11th International Conference on Biodiversity Research has been concluded successfully. It was hosted by Daugavpils University and organized by the Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies of Daugavpils University as part of the LIFE FOR SPECIES project. The conference took place in a hybrid format, offering the opportunity to attend it both in person and virtually via Zoom platform. In total, the conference gathered more than 180 participants, 14 of which participated in person, but an impressive number of visitors also participated remotely.
At the end of August, LIFE for Species project team visited several LIFE projects in Sweden to share the experience of the project team, as well as to learn from representatives of the Swedish projects. More information about the visit can be found here.
The XXVI International Congress of Entomology was held in Helsinki (Finland) from July 17 to 22, 2022. The congress was very ambitious - 168 symposia were held within it, while around 2,500 participants from all continents of the world registered to attend it.
Photo credits: Dmitrijs Teļnovs, Panos Fetsis, Rūta Rozenfelde
