A scientific article on the Red List of Latvian lichens, that was developed using IUCN criteria, has just been published - "Toward the first Red List of Latvian lichens according to the IUCN criteria."

The lead author of the article is Polina Degtjarenko, an expert from the LIFE FOR SPECIES project at Daugavpils University. Co-authors include Latvian lichenologists Renāte Kaupuža and Rolands Moisejevs from Daugavpils University, as well as lichenologists Jurga Motiejūnaitė from Lithuania and Tiina Randlane from Estonia.

The article has been published in the internationally cited journal "Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology" and is available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11263504.2024.2399056

The article is also available in PDF format here: https://ej.uz/lichens

The article is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Latvian lichenologist Dr. Alfons Piterāns. A short tribute is included on the first page of the article.