02/07/2015

In Latvia the YPEF National Stage of the Contest was organized on 9th of June by JSC "Latvia`s State Forests" (LVM) in cooperation with Ogre Technical School.
15 students from Ogre Technical School forestry and forestry equipment department got into the national final and compare their knowledge with each other.
The competitionwas held intwo parts: the first round, the contestantshadto answerindividuallyto the50test questionsabout Latvian and European forest and forestry. The challenge for the second round was to create aA3poster, with a shortannotationin English. The competitionposterswere selectedtopics such as-Bioenergyfromforests in Europe, Endangered speciesin European forests, Wildlife managementinEuropeanforests, Natura 2000and otherforest-relate themes.

The winners: Marta Svalbone and Matīss Mūrnieks will participate in the European Final Stage of the YPEF contest in Busteni, Romania. Congratulations!