Drawing attention to the long-ignored problems affecting Latvian forest owners and all those working in the forest industry, the Latvian forest industry will hold a protest action in front of the Cabinet of Ministers today, March 5. The industry faces unfair treatment both at the level of Latvia and Europe. One of the most painful issues is compensation for forest owners whose forest lands are transferred to nature protection. "Forest owners are not against a reasonable nature protection policy - it is in our own interests to preserve the proportion and quality of Latvia's forest territories. However, people ...