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Tax and law8 min read

Forest under a nature restriction: the annual compensation you can claim in 2026

If a stand falls inside a specially protected area, Natura 2000 or a microreserve and logging there is restricted, the owner is entitled to an annual compensation — between €52 and €196 per hectare depending on how strict the ban is. Here are the current rates, the two application routes, the deadlines, and how to check your own property.

Tax and law9 min read

Deforestation in Latvia: what it costs to turn forest land into a building plot or field

Forest land is not a building plot. Before you put a house on it or turn it into a field, you have to deforest it legally: a competent authority's permit plus compensation to the state. We break down the Cabinet Regulation No. 889 formula, why growing forest elsewhere cuts the bill many times over, and show two calculations with real numbers.

Tax and law7 min read

Latvia's new 30 m border protection zone: what it means for forest buyers and sellers

On 11 June 2026, Latvia's Saeima adopted urgent amendments to the Protection Zones Law: from 3 July, a 30-metre protection zone applies along the external land border with Russia and Belarus. Selling real property in the zone without Ministry of Defence consent is legally void. Here is what buyers and sellers need to know.

Tax and law11 min read

Two cadastral values since 2025: why property tax on your forest did not rise

Contrary to a widespread belief, revisiting cadastral values in Latvia has not raised property tax on forest. Since 2025 two values are kept apart: the fiscal one, which the tax is calculated from and which stays at its previous level, and the universal one, which tracks the market but does not affect tax. Here is what that means for a forest owner.