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This summer a LAD round opens in which the state covers 60–100% of the cost of young-stand thinning, afforestation and restoration. The application window is short — 15 July to 17 August. We look at the per-hectare rates, the main conditions, and how this co-financing changes the tending bill for buyers and owners.
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.
The familiar narrative of a roughly even state-versus-private split does not match the VMD data. Measured by forest compartments, private ownership outweighs the state by a factor of 2.17. Within the private sector, concentration is extreme: the top 1% of owners hold 44% of the area. We break down ownership across 276,011 cadastres.
Without a valid forest inventory you cannot fell, cannot apply for support, and cannot reliably value the forest. It lasts 20 years, but in practice the data ages faster. Here is when an inventory must be renewed, what it costs, and why its year is the first thing to check before a deal.
Textbooks say plant pine. Real VMD data on 117,000 mature private stands tells a different story: black alder on a 50-year rotation delivers the best NPV thanks to its short cycle, and pine only pays off in central Latvia and Kurzeme. A species-by-species breakdown of return per hectare.
About seven months are left before December 30, 2026. By that date every Latvian timber seller into the EU supply chain will need GPS coordinates of the felling site and a completed due diligence statement. What that means for a private owner.
Most Latvian forest owners lose money on tax not because of a high rate, but because they pick the wrong regime. Cirsma and kokmateriāli are legally distinct transactions with different deductions. Five real-world scenarios with numbers and statutory references.
A VMD record for a single compartment carries more than 25 cryptic short-coded fields. Without a key, the document is unreadable. This guide walks through a real example — cadastre 62720050379 in Padures parish — and shows how those codes turn into a euro figure.
Cadastral values in Latvia have not been revised since 2007. A phased revaluation began in 2025 and runs through 2028. For most private forest owners this means a higher Real Estate Tax (NĪN). We walk through the mechanics with realistic scenarios.
